A Siesta Is Good — But Not Too Long

re: A Siesta Is Good — But Not Too Long

ProsperToo — 5/12/2023 10:28:13 AM

Part 2 Things like YouTube and alcohol can give you a dopamine reward without achievement, and you can become dopamine depleted, unable to motivate yourself to achieve your goals. Some have to quit all easy dopamine reward structures as much as a month, the length of time varies according to the individual. You need regular activities where you stir up the sense of reward for achieving them at first, help your body release that dopamine reward, and over time, your body will reward you with a dopamine reward for achievement instead of for watching a cute kitty cat video. The rewards will stir you to greater achievement, regular goal achievement for your dopamine rewards.

Testosterone building is part of the equation. My trainer, (through his books), Mackie Shilstone, used to advocate soy isolates, before we learned about hormone mimickers. My legs used to be a forest of sun-golden hair on nut brown tanned legs. I lost all my leg hair. In recent months, I have finally grown leg hair again. One thing I have taken to help testosterone develop is tonkat ali. There is more I have learned from Dr. Andrew Huberman shorts, (replete with dopamine rewards). I didn't get it all right. Stanford is linked to the globalist agenda, so I am cautious with his perspective.

He has bad mouthed the ketogenic and carnivore diets, which he calls low carb. He claimed to have tried them, (it was clear he failed to gain metabolic flexibility), and said they don't work. He could be a university shill, excited about all things, but subtly leading toward globalist goals. He could also be a young energetic physician and university professor who has taken his knowledge to the public square to build a following, knowledgeable to the science aspects, unknowledgeable in globalist deception and our independent community.

re: A Siesta Is Good — But Not Too Long

ProsperToo — 5/12/2023 10:27:19 AM

Part 1(divided due to length) I work to avoid conditions where I sleep soundly in the daytime, but I have never worried about the issues you name. Having gone Ketogenic some time back, my weight is very stable, and I am supposed to avoid many of the issues named, but I am concerned about daytime sleeping nonetheless for a very different reason that I learned from Dr. Andrew Huberman, an opthalmologist, and Stanford professor. There are many practices, concerns, and supplements I take concern for to achieve this. Here is the issue, helping the endocrine system help me. Work together with my body to allow it to help me. There are numerous functions I focus on.

Let's start with the sleep issue. Wake up, and try to get unfiltered bright light especially in the first 8 hours. (a supporting practice is to watch the sunrise and sunset tuning your body to energy in the morning, and wind down at night). Make sure to get a minimum of 10 minutes of bright light first thing. Coffee. Watch Huberman videos for specifics. His shorts are good. His videos are hours long. Don't wake up and have coffee. Wait an hour and a half. There is a substance that builds up, I forget the name of it. It makes you sleepy. It needs to be dissipated in the morning. If you drink coffee first thing, the coffee blocks the receptors, and the substance can't bind cellularly, and you wake up.

But later, when those receptors are no longer blocked, these hormones can now bind to the receptors, and you become sleepy. Wait 1 1/2 hours, the hormones dissipate naturally, then have your coffee. You won't crash in the afternoon. One important goal is to avoid getting dopamine rewards without being a reward for achievement. Cocaine gives you dopamine rewards without achievement. You will want the dopamine reward all day, but it gets less and less, and your dopamine is depleted. Comtinued

re: A Siesta Is Good — But Not Too Long

ProsperToo — 5/12/2023 4:41:44 AM

Your results cited from napping is out of touch with the issues, my issues, regarding sleeping in the daytime. I could discuss them, but it's easier to refer you to the work of Dr. Andrew Huberman. He publishes on YouTube.

re: A Siesta Is Good — But Not Too Long

ProsperToo — 5/12/2023 4:37:03 AM

I would share this link, but it will orobably be gone tomorrow. BESIDES, your URLs read like War and Peace. I have no confidence in sharing your work, Otherwise, I would do so. How would you recommend us Shari g your work?, or keep on as now, "Studies show that..." Your name need not be mentioned. I WANT to cite you, but it is difficult. If I was publishing a book or paper...

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NurseKaren45 — 5/11/2023 7:25:03 AM

Good god! Now even our sanity saving naps are going to make us fat if we don't find the perfect position and time of sleep? If I only sleep a few hours overnight than I hardly think a long nap is going to do me in. Perhaps longer naps are making up for shorter overnight sleeping and I think a study to determine whether too much overall sleep is making us fat vs just making up for less sleep at night. We just can't win.......... Where is Jesus when ya need him? Because it seems to me that the ONLY hope we have is his return.

re: A Siesta Is Good — But Not Too Long

brodiebrock12 — 5/10/2023 6:53:53 AM

I love a good power Nap...there is definitely a sweet spot though of not too long