What Foods Make Us Feel Sleepy?

Oats

It’s a little ironic, but that bowl of oatmeal we look so forward to eating in the morning may be better suited for bedtime. Raw oats are made up of sixty-six percent carbohydrates, which means the body needs to produce insulin to get an individual's blood sugar to lower again. In addition, oats are naturally high in melatonin. This duo of carbohydrates and melatonin can be a recipe for a mid-morning or mid-day energy-crashing disaster. One way to combat fatigue is to choose one's oatmeal carefully. Larger, sturdier oats, such as steel-cut, take longer to digest and therefore let blood sugar increase and decrease more gradually. Ground or instant varieties digest much more rapidly, which can cause those dreaded energy spikes and crashes.