Over a thousand students revealed a striking link between lactose intolerance and nightmare-filled nights, hinting that midnight stomach turmoil from dairy can invade dreams. Researchers suggest simple diet tweaks—especially ditching late-night cheese—could turn scary sleep into sweet rest, though more experiments are needed to decode the gut-dream connection.

I had never heard of eating cheese before bed causing bad dreams, but it is well-known enough bit of common wisdom that there was an entire comic, "Dreams of the Rarebit…