Posted on 03/16/2008 9:49:51 PM PDT by neverdem
True. I remember reading somewhere that the one sense that never completely shuts down and is the first to come on line is our sense of smell.
And while mattress makers would have us believe "tossing-and-turning" while we sleep is bad for us* it's perfectly normal...and necessary. While we sleep our body has us flop around every now and then to keep pressure points from forming: Pressure points -> Bed Sores> Gangrene
*(+ the sign of a crummy mattress which, of course, needs to be replaced by one of their fine mattresses.)
Somewhat off topic, but..
The sense of smell is in the “old” or “primitive” brain. The theory is actually that our brain evolved from olfactory stalks. Also in this part of the brain is the autonomic, survival, functions, including, as you mention, the movement to maintain circulation, in addition to breathing.
Yes, if this part of us ever falls asleep, we don’t wake up. :)
I hope most FReepers are savvy enough to realize that there are truth and fiction mixed together in this CBS report. Impossible to unpack it all in one go. But an interesting read, nonetheless...
As I sit here reading this at 1:00 AM and have to wake up in 5 hours, I have to say I am a chronic case. Also obese and nearing 40 so Type 2 could be on the way. It might be worth it to try out some sleep for a week or two and see how things go.
I think you miss the point. If you are doing manual labor, then eating more food during that time is critical and doesn’t lead to obesity, but if you like to sit up reading all night and eat more to stay awake, then it does lead to obesity in most people.
I find it ironic that all of their ‘test subjects’ are upper middle class college students, perhaps the most spoiled, pampered class in America today.
I bet they’d get different results had they studied in a Marine unit, or even on a farm.
They point out that the subject was ‘temporarily’ at increased risk since his body was not metabolizing sugar effectively. How does continued lack of sleep move one over to ‘permanently’ not metabolizing sugar properly? One is from an interruption in the normal sleep pattern..the other is a diagnosis. It even says “Jonathan will be fine once he goes back to his normal sleep routine,”...indicating if type 2 patients just starting going to bed at 8 or 9pm, they’d be fine? Or have they had their sleep upset for too long?
hmmmmmmm......curious....perhaps looking in it further would produce some interesting findings. At some point, after continued lack of sleep, does something finally shut down?
I’m something of an insomniac and a Freepomaniac. Maybe you and I need to set alarm clocks—to hit the hay.
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Bump for later, when I’m a little more awake...
Thanks for posting this. It was fascinating.
Interesting, thanks.
“A side effect of this sleep schedule is that you need to eat more, since you’re spending more time moving around.”
Uh huh.
You are correct on both points, evolution and body function. Evolutionists accept their belief even in the face of counterevidence such as here.
Growth hormone is produced when we attain delta sleep. Babies produce this hormone as they sleep and adults replenish their dead cells as they sleep. Sleep really is the process of renewal.
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I tried a split-sleep schedule for a while. Thirty years ago I took a job as a copywriter at a large ad agency and discovered that the work was stultifying, so I broke the day in half. I arrived at the agency at 9am and wrote magazine ads and TV commercials all day, then went home and went right to bed.
I’d wake up around 9 or 10pm and write fiction and magazine articles until 4 in the morning, then go to bed. I did it for six months. I didn’t have any social life, but I sure got a lot done!
“Not all the operating system is shut down.”
“There is still bare consciousness, bare awareness, the listener when you talk to yourself.”
Are you trying to tell me that there’s a CMOS battery in my brain? How come I never have to replace it? :-)
“Not all the operating system is shut down.”
“There is still bare consciousness, bare awareness, the listener when you talk to yourself.”
Are you trying to tell me that there’s a CMOS battery in my brain? How come I never have to replace it? :-)
This guy has it figured out
www.sleepingrich.com
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