Cheese Dreams

Well, we all "know" that eating cheese just before bed gives you crazy dreams, but, how true is it, really? The British Cheese Board (they aim to increase the consumption of British cheeses) did a small (200 participant) survey to debunk the cheese-nightmare link but what they found was that different cheeses have different effects. Here are the results:

Red Leicester for nostalgic dreams– over 60% of participants eating this cheese revisited their schooldays, or long-lost childhood friends, or previous family homes and hometowns.

Stilton - for vivid or crazy dreams, – particularly if you are female. (85% of female Stilton eaters had some of the most bizarre dreams of the whole study). Highlights included talking soft toys, lifts that move sideways, a vegetarian crocodile upset because it could not eat children, dinner party guests being traded for camels, soldiers fighting with each other with kittens instead of guns and a party in a lunatic asylum.

British Brie for a good sleep in general. Very nice dreams for females, such as Jamie Oliver cooking dinner in their kitchens, or relaxing on a sunny beach. Rather odd, obscure dreams for males, such as driving against a battleship, or having a drunken conversation with a dog.

Lancashire for dreams about work. – but only 30% of these involved the participants’ real-life occupations.

Cheddar -to dream about celebrities: Jordan, Gazza, Ally McCoist, Ashley from Coronation Street, the cast of Emmerdale and Johnny Depp.

Cheshire for a mostly dreamless relaxing sleep .

More info of course can be found at www.cheeseboard.co.uk