This is why you should boil a banana before going to sleep

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This is because banana and cinnamon tea has a calming and sleep-promoting effect

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Not everyone is lucky enough to have a good night’s sleep every night. A bad night’s sleep is not only incredibly frustrating, it also has an impact on your daily life and can affect your health. As a result, you may not be able to concentrate, and your mood usually isn’t the greatest. Do you reach for sleeping pills to get a good night’s sleep? That’s a shame, because with banana and cinnamon tea, you’ll doze off before you know it. Good news: you can easily make the drink yourself.


Bananas as a sleep aid

Bananas contain the amino acid, tryptophan. This causes production of the chemical serotonin in the brain. Serotonin has a calming and sleep-promoting effect, according to the National Health Service. So, eating a banana before bed will improve your sleep. But did you know that you can also have banana in a cup of tea?

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Tea with banana and cinnamon

All over the world, tea with banana and cinnamon is used as a nightcap. Banana and cinnamon have many health benefits, so you create a drink to promote your sleep quality. Cinnamon promotes healthy digestion and circulation. In addition, banana ensures that your body produces less cortisol – also known as the stress hormone – and the high content of tryptophan ensures that serotonin production in your body increases – so that you fall asleep at night.

Curious how to make this type of tea? Read more on the next page.

This is how you make the tea

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You don’t need any complicated ingredients to make this tea. With just a banana, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and 25 milliliters of water you can make a good cup of tea. Now, don’t just throw everything in a glass, but follow these instructions:

  • Cut off the ends of the banana, but do not remove the peel. Then chop the banana into large pieces – still including the peel.
  • Add the banana pieces to a pan and sprinkle the cinnamon on top.
  • Pour the water into the pan and bring to a boil. Then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.
  • Did the peel come off the banana? Remove the pan from the heat.
  • Pour the mixture through a sieve and drink the tea twenty minutes before bedtime.
  • Repeat this every night for best results.
  • Sleep tight!

Read also: Six small things you can do for a better night’s sleep

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