Is there a diet or some foods and drinks that you would recommend for lucid dreaming? I would ideally like to plan for lucid dreaming during naps so the timing of the food or drink would also be helpful. I’ve noticed in the past that I had the best dream recall and lucid dreams when I was travelling in South America. I contributed some of it to the high rice diet, constant exercise and fulfilling an awakened life mission.
I’m not very experienced in Lucid Dreams but I have had some pretty advanced dreams – by the categories you mention in your books. I’ve had maybe 50-60 over the span of my lifetime but I would like to have them more consistently as I search within for answers.
Thank you in advance for your consideration and help with this topic!
Hi Andrew,
In my book, Lucid Dreaming Plain and Simple, co-authored with Caroline McCready, I noted that vitamin B 12 and B 6 may help with dream recall, especially taken before sleep. So you may find that helpful.
Some people have incubated dreams, where they suggest to their unconscious that “Tonight I will have a dream which will clearly show me foods or drinks that will increase my number of lucid dreams.” Then during the night, they take extra notice (and notes) of what foods or drinks appeared in their regular dreams. You can also request (on a different night) “Tonight show me foods or drinks that I should avoid to increase my number of lucid dreams.”
Ed Kellogg has written about this for the magazine, Lucid Dreaming Experience, at www.DreamingLucid.com Go to “Index” and scroll to Ed Kellogg’s name, then look for The Dream-atarian Diet. He would regularly see foods in either a positive or negative light in his dreams and/or lucid dreams — and when seen in a positive light, then he would add or increase those foods — but if seen in a negative light (e.g., the food falls into the dirt), then he would decrease or eliminate it from his diet.
Regarding your observations, many lucid dreamers have noted that being outside in the sunshine can have an influence on dreaming and lucid dreaming — or simple hard work (going to sleep exhausted) can lead to spontaneous lucid dreams. Also lucid dreamers notice that feeling content and at peace, while being more mindful during the day, often leads to an uptick in lucid dreams.
Best wishes!