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    We argue all day about meat vs vegetables, but I don't think I've ever heard sleep mentioned in a health debate yet.

    From my own personal experience sleep is much more important, at least in the short term, for happiness. If I sleep bad I start getting sleep paralysis which keeps me up all night again and it's like a snowball effect, it just goes downhill all the way until you hit the bottom. And when you're tired you don't eat properly either.

    Long term diet is important too, but sleep quality needs to be spoken about more. I can't usually get 8 hours my body wakes naturally before that, 6 to 7 hours is enough for me. But any less and I'm a different person, just like I am when I'm hangry and not eaten.
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      Editing … I thought it was pretty self-evident that sleep is good and no sleep is bad from the fact that you feel shit if you miss an hour and you die if you stay awake for 5 days or so. I always hear people say they sleep badly and they can't figure out that blasting your eyes by watching screens at night fuckes up their sleep hormones. It’s simple. We live in an unnatural environment but our bodies have been sculpted by the natural world. If you want to care for your body you need to be aware of your body’s natural habitat…. Which is not inside McDonald’s at 2 am. Best is to include the hours from 10 pm to 2 am in your sleep because if I remember correctly those hours are unique in some special hormone secretion for regeneration of the body. It’s built into your body’s rhythm. There is no fooling it. Your body can count time really good.
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      Editing … I have a Philips sleep wake light. I turned the sound off so it wakes me up with light cues. I go to sleep with a simulated red sunset too. It’s nice it works pretty well and I don’t wake up in shock either which is really nice. I think everyone should have this wakeup light. It’s inhuman to be shocked awake.
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      Editing … In the morning and evening there are more red wavelengths in the light of the sun. That is very important for your body. Not only for your sleep cues but scientists are now finding out yet again that they still known very little about the body. Near infra-red light and red light turn out to be very beneficial to your health. Red and near infrared penetrate deeper in the skin and activate certain pathways in the cells. They tell the cells to produce massive amounts of melatonin locally in the cell. We never knew this, we thought the pineal gland only did this but the pineal gland is only produces 5 % in comparison with what your cells produce. It has a very strong antioxidant effect and protects you from cell damage (and so also cancer probably). If you don’t get a lot of red light waves, you don’t get that benefit (or basic human function if you look at it from an evolutionary point of view). Red light exposure also protects from sunburn. So many good things. Our new led lights are very energy efficient but they have very little red and rear infra-red light whereas old lights still had that. So if you are a troglodyte that does not get a lot of sunlight morning and evening walks can be very good for you. Those red wavelengths should pass through your clothes and bounce off of foliage so you can just go for walks in the woods and get benefits and you don’t even have to be naked.
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      Editing … See, this is why nobody is healthy. If you do everything you need to do to be healthy you'll have no time or money left in your day. I just wanna eat nice food and get a good kip.
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      Editing … Wot? The sun is free and getting outside is not hard and it does not take that long. I know modern people have low standards but.... getting out of the house atleast once a day is acheivable by anyone that can fit through the door hole. If you have time to watch netflix you have time to go for a walk. or you could just watch netflix outside and get your sun that way. You can have both. Does not matter really at what time you get sun, but to improve your sleep, morning and evening walks are a great way to set your body clock. I love morning walks the best though. The birds make nice sounds then.
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      Editing … What maniac goes for a morning walk? If I was unemployed I might consider it.
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      Editing … Then what are all those dog owners doing every day 3 times a day? Are they not going for walks? Are they all maniacs? I always find it funny that people are willing to walk dogs but not themselves. That makes you worth less than a dog in a way. :-P It’s really nice to walk I think. It gets all the shit out of your head and wakes you up real good. No coffee needed (but defiantly optional). I don't always go for a morning walk. Only when I feel like it. There are weeks when I don't go at all, but I find that I feel better doing it than not doing it. I wish I had something to force me to go for walks other than a dog. I just really don't want a dog.
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      Editing … I worked 13 hours today, I ain't walking myself or a dog anytime soon.
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      Editing … I can't picture you as a dog person either. I can picture you on a leash though. :-P But if you can't get the energy to go for a walk how did you manage work out then?
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