Pretty much confirmed wheat (may be just gluten) cause me insomnia

[hfcheung]

It is just my personal experience.

Weeks ago I start my breakfast with durum wheat macaroni with eggs for breakfast. I started get insomnia days and days, I didn't notice it is wheat at that time but I do change the diet overall generally to fix it.

Just yesterday I eat some Kellogg Speical K before bed (It is made from wheat and rice). I immediate experience insomnia again. Now I am using rise krispies to replace wheat cereal.

[gbullock32]

Energy from carb sources maybe causing you issues rather than wheat itself?

[Mrpb]

Cereals like Special K often have added vitamins. I've noticed they can put my brain in a strange hyperactive mode. I think it's mainly the B vitamins that can have this effect.

[Natty1980]

I don't think that the pasta you ate for breakfast could affect your sleep 15-16 hours after.
Also, I don't understand how corn flakes before bed are related to it.
This is just not the way an experiment aimed to demonstrate something is conducted...

[Tucane]

Sounds unlikely, honestly.

I suspect something else is causing your insomnia, general stress and searching for the solution in the wrong places might be an explanation. It's not uncommon to think a food is causing issues, because, well sometimes it does and it's something concrete which makes for an easy self-diagnosis.

Eliminate all wheat for a couple of weeks, if it goes away, you found the answer or killed the placebo... problem solved. If not, then you might want to take a good look at your environment and life in general to identify possible stressors.

[Domicron]

great, cut out the wheat and see if it comes back, if not, then just keep doing what you're doing.

i doubt it's the actual cause, but man, if it works just go with it.