Saturday, August 16, 2008 ; 12:37 AM
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Completed on Saturday 16th August 2008, 12.35AM
I love Monopoly nowadays.
Sleep Hack #8 EAT WHOLE FOODS, UNPROCESSED FOODS, AND RAW FOODS
Here’s one way to immediately – starting tonight – reduce the amount of sleep your body needs: change your diet.
Most people today have a poor understanding of what’s healthy and what’s not. Granola bars aren’t healthy; they’re highly processed. Most fruit juices are not healthy; they might contain high fructose corn syrup. Many studies even show milk to be very unhealthy, particularly the protein casein found in milk. Whole wheat bread is negligibly healthier than white break; both are highly processed.
Foods have a direct effect on our sleep quality and duration. I have spent a lot of time trying to crack the diet vs. sleep-need code. I haven’t cracked it yet, but here’s some observations:
1. Seth Roberts reduced his sleep need by ~30m by reducing the amount of processing in his diet, including cooking and spices, and by avoiding anything packaged or artificial.
2. Some raw-foodists say they need less sleep on a raw food diet compared to a cooked food diet.
3. I noticed a ~60m reduction in sleep need after eliminating artificial and processed foods. This includes just about anything packaged, even bread and pasta.
4. Carbohydrates are linked to an increase in sleep need.
Nutritionalist Dr. Stanley Bass experimented with removing sugars (even fruit) from his diet. Sleep need went from 8h to 5h. Read about it by clicking here (skip down to the section “Fruit and Sleep”).
In conclusion? Really, my best advice is… Eat Food. Mostly Plants. Not too Much. Sage advice from In Defense of Food that is a recipe for good health and may be a good recipe for optimal sleep. By “Eat Food” we mean eat yogurt, not Gogurt. Gogurt isn’t food.
Sleep Hack #9 EAT LIGHT IN THE EVENING
One of the greatest expenditures of energy in the body is from digestion of food. Large amounts of blood flow are directed toward the digestive system after a large meal. This means less blood flow, thus less energy, available for the brain. Low blood flow in the brain during sleep means poor sleep quality, since the brain conducts all sleep processes. So eat light in the evening.
Sleep Hack #10 EAT A SMALL PRE-BEDTIME SNACK
An overhauled digestive system is bad. But a small amount of energy in your system might improve sleep. Eat a 150 calorie snack before bedtime. Nothing artificial. Preferably no sugar or carbohydrates, unless you need aid in falling asleep. A spoonful of slow-digesting, omega-3 rich flaxseed oil is a good choice. It will be easily and slowly digested and provide energy for your body throughout the night.
