On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:38:33 -0500, Jim Swayze <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>>Strange.  VERY strange.  Because the other night, I spied some raw ginger
in the frig and cut myself off a few slices.  Was wide awake most of the
night.  Not the cranky kind of awake where you'd drink Drano in order to
catch some sleep.  It was a contented kind of awake -- I just was not
tired.  I immediately made the ginger connection because it was the only
out of the ordinary thing I ate that day.
>--

Hi Jim,

I know that ginger is supposed to be "stimulating and energizing" so I
could see how it might keep one awake.  If you do a search on it, you'll
find that some sources say not to have it at bedtime for that reason.
(Maybe I'll try a cup before working out!) It's actually supposed to
be "warming" too, but I couldn't understand why the sweats happened to me
several hours AFTER ingesting it.

I do take strong systemic enzymes before bed too so maybe they helped shoot
that ginger through my system and made it extra effective or something.

Adrienne