Ellen Prescott
Editor
Ellen edits The Curious Sleeper and writes most of Myth or Not. She likes tracing a piece of sleep advice back to where it started, and she’s happiest when the answer turns out to be “partly true.”
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Oct 23, 2026
Partly true. A 2025 survey of 1,082 students linked worse nightmares to lactose intolerance and late eating. Cheese itself has never had a fair test.
