It seems plausible that sleep helps the body clear brain waste.
Great news. My brain must be in terrific shape because I usually sleep 10 hours every night. If I have to get up early and only get 8, I’m walking into walls and yelling at the cat for the rest of the day.
I wonder if the awake time is equivalent under both scenarios.
I’d love to get more that 3 or 4 hours of sleep at a time. I’ve tried everything. I’ll go to bed around 10 tonight and be awake around 2:00 a.m.
vitamin D and exercise...
Live fast, die senile.
Going to be lot of senile old gamer guys in 20 or 30 years.
My bladder won’t let me get as much as 6 hours of quality sleep in a row.
The best schedule, I think, is to sleep between 2030 and 0500. If I had been wiser, that’s the sleep schedule I would have kept.
factors like sleep might be harnessed in the fight against NEURODEGENERATIVE diseases.”
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Veterinarians and people who live on eastern shorelines of US’ lakes are subject to Cyanobacteria which cause NEURODEGENERATIVE diseases.
Getting and wearing hearing aids is another.
the problem is that Alzheimer’s patients get what’s called ‘Sundowners syndrome’ where they can’t sleep at night, which is hwy they roam around constantly- We took care of someone with Alzheimer’s and got little sleep ourselves as the person would roam around at night, go outside- in winter- etc- we always had to be vigilant-
For anyone taking care of patients with alzheimer’s, install locks at the top of the door- patients won’t be able to figure it out- at least the one we took care of didn’t thankfully-
I know folks who have insomnia and get only like 2-4 hours a night- they’ve tried lots of stuff to try to help get more- but they just lie awake or wake up after only a few hours sleep- and can’t get back to sleep-
Does make sense.
Then, I’ll never get Alzheimer’s.
Dementia is being called “Type 3 Diabetes” because it’s linked to insulin resistance. In this case, glucose has trouble entering the brain cells due to insulin resistance.
Ketones are an alternate (and preferred) fuel for the brain. In extended day fasts or (starvation), as much as 75% of the fuel used by the brain is from ketones.
Ketones are easily taken up by the brain cells, and are not dependent on insulin.
Even when eating normally, the liver readily makes ketones from MCT oil. MCT oil is made from coconut or palm oil. Babies are often in ketosis, as it’s contained in mother’s milk.
MCT oil can give you diarrhea if you are not used to it, so start slowly with just a teaspoon, then work up to a tablespoon every few waking hours, more if you can tolerate it.
Dr. Stephen Cunanne (search YouTube) has been running a clinical trial on it, and finds it can restore up to 12% of lost brain function.
The study is based only on cognitively impaired older adults.
BFL, interesting thread.
after traumatic brain injury, the patient is encouraged to sleep because that is when “the brain repairs itself”