- Dreams are notoriously difficult to remember.
- There's nothing more annoying than feeling a dream slipping away.
- According to new research, vitamin B6 could help you remember your dreams better.
- B6 is found in cereals, fish, eggs, and some fruits and vegetables.
Vitamin B6 or pyridoxamine...
1. Researchers at the University of Adelaide recruited 100 people, half of which took 240 mg vitamin B6 pills for five consecutive days, while the other half took a placebo. It was a small study, but the results did show those who took the vitamins could better recall their dreams than the placebo group. (Neither group knew what they were taking.)
2. Participants said of their experiences that their dreams were "clearer and easier to remember," and they didn't "lose fragments as the day went on." Another said "My dreams were more real, I couldn't wait to go to bed and dream!"
3. The study's author, Denholm Aspy from the University's School of Psychology, added: "Vitamin B6 did not affect the vividness, bizarreness or colour of their dreams, and did not affect other aspects of their sleep patterns."
