Expert shares delicious fruit you should eat before bedtime to fall asleep faster

A sleep expert has shared a tasty fruit that can help you fall asleep faster. If you're having trouble getting to sleep, try eating this tasty but often-forgotten fruit before hopping into bed.

We all know how frustrating it is to toss and turn until the early hours. But just because you're struggling to sleep doesn't mean you should give up and accept feeling tired and regretful the next day.

A bad night's sleep can really ruin your day, making it hard to concentrate, affecting your mood, and leaving you feeling drained.

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What's even more worrying is that not getting enough sleep can seriously harm your long-term mental and physical health. It can weaken your immune system, raise your blood pressure, and even increase your chances of getting type 2 diabetes.

Luckily, a healthy and delicious bedtime snack could be the answer. According to the experts at BedKingdom.co.uk, you should try eating a fuzzy kiwi fruit before bed, reports the Mirror.

They said: "Kiwi fruit has been a feature in many people's bedtime routines for many years, and the science backs up the kiwi's value as a sleep aid. Studies have shown that kiwi fruit can help improve sleep quality, sleep timings, and sleep efficiency after a month of regular kiwifruit consumption before sleep. Kiwifruit contains high amounts of serotonin and antioxidants, as well as vitamins like folate, and B vitamin, which can help to treat sleep disorders as well as help reset your sleep schedule."

The experts also urged against consuming caffeine too late at night, as it can 'take up to 10 hours to leave the bloodstream completely', therefore interfering with your precious sleeptime. If you exercise at night time, it may be time to switch up your routine, as studies have found that morning to be the best work out time.

They continued: "A 2015 study by Yamanaka et al. found that vigorous exercise before bed disrupts the body's natural rhythm and makes it harder to get to sleep. This then makes it harder to keep to a sleep schedule, as well as reduces the quality of sleep achieved after intense exercise performed before bedtime."

"This study found that rapid eye movement (REM) sleep was decreased by 10.5% in the people that performed intensive exercise before bed. REM sleep is important because it is the time when your brain consolidates your memories, committing things learned during the day to long-term memory, as well as being the time when you dream most vividly."

"The same study found that sleep quality was improved when the intensive exercise was done in the morning. Therefore, it is best to avoid intensive exercise in the run-up to bedtime, ideally moving the exercise session earlier in the day to accommodate the best quality of sleep and allow for the best sleep schedule."