Honestly Tim I think its all part of social engineering, we are taught to believe so many lies. If you look back at ancient people, how on éarth they could have got 8 hours sleep a night, with lions, tigers, bears, wolves etc roaming at night looking for a snack? They must have slept with one eye open.

I was the same for a long time Tim.... we had a shop, and had people working during the day while we worked at regular jobs, but at night the shop was open until 10pm and we worked it, and by the time we got out of it most nights it would be sometimes around midnight. There was a 15-18km drive home and many nights when my ex worked shifts I was working all day, racing home and cooking meals, and cleaning, washing... then racing to the shop and looking after it till closing time, then during the night I would be called at least 4 times a week because a bug had set off the alarms. I would have to get out of bed and drive to the shop and reset the alarm and then home again.... I had very little sleep the whole time we had the shop (3 years), yet I don't remember being tired. I just did what I had to do. Often was the time when I would stay up all night reading a spíritual book and then get showered and dressed and go to work.

Last night I went to bed at 1.45am and was up at 7.20am.... and I don't feel the slightest bit tired. We definitely do not need 8 hours sleep a night. Its what we are taught or accustomed to. Also if we think about being tired we wíll be.... thoughts also play into it.

You are so right about carbohydrates!!! We do not even buy bread.... if I have a slice of bread it knocks me out cold. Another thing I am watchful for is the chemical mixtures in foods, like biscuits. Some of the chemical mixtures on savoury biscuits have the same affect on me. Mind you we only eat rice crackers in the biscuit líne. We have gotten more cautious about what we eat as we have aged.

Pen

icepick wrote:
Somebody just said a mouthful here. Not only do most of us not sleep eight hours daily. Many physicians now think we do not need it in the first place. As soon as we pass through the REM into peaceful slumber. All pertinent chemicals in the brain have been replaced. This meets the full requirements of our sleep needs. All else is pure habit.

I can vouch for that concept. For more than the last decade which I worked, I put in 7 days a week, 12 to 14 hours a day the entire time. In order to spend the amount of time with my wife which she deserves, this only left me around three hours daily in which to sleep. I never needed more than that, and often got less. I did fine.

It was after I left that job, and took around three months off in which I became quite lazy that I developed any problems. My wife and I both believe that my suddenly resting about ten hours a day is the reason I began throwing clots in my right leg. After five Femoral Bypasses one begins to have a feel for such things. Trust me on this.

We are omnivorous creatures, but our history is that of a carnivore. Carnivores never put in much sleep unless full. Our eating habits may be our worst enemy. If one eats a straight protein, or meat, diet, weight is never an issue, energy is hígh, and you rarely becóme ill. Vegetables can be added to this menu with care, but when one starts adding carbs? You're in trouble right away.

Tim