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Re: Poor Sleep Gives You the Munchies, Study Says

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Post by EC1 » Fri, Mar 04, 2016, 4:46 PM UTC

oldmanjay wrote: post #14

Ignorance is not a terribly compelling way to make a point. The answer in this case is to reflect upon why you don't understand that the world is not solely composed of you.

You're reaching way too far into it. I don't understand the mentality from peers in similar life situations as me that are "so busy they barely sleep". To me that just means bad time management, because no matter how busy you are (all assuming you have free will, it's your will to be busy) you still have room for great sleep every night. "I barely get any sleep" becomes a substitute to reap the gratification from peers as if you actually accomplished something.

Re: Poor Sleep Gives You the Munchies, Study Says

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Post by mycroft-holmes » Fri, Mar 04, 2016, 4:46 PM UTC

panzagl wrote: post #12

And one of the side effects of being overweight? You don't sleep as well.

Gotta start at the source.

Re: Poor Sleep Gives You the Munchies, Study Says

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Post by EC1 » Fri, Mar 04, 2016, 4:47 PM UTC

Raphmedia wrote: post #20

EC1 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I never understood how people don't get sleep. Isn't it a net negative to be dragged through the mud? No matter how rough my day is I always make sure to get 8-9 hours of sleep. The world can wait for me you know? Yeah, sorry Boss, I went out drinking Sunday and I'm coming in at 1pm, too bad. High energy all day with less time, or low energy all day with more time? I think the latter is worse.

I sleep 5 hours a night. Even with flexible working hours, I still come to work in the early morning. I work all day and then commute back home. I then do the chores and make supper. By the time I am done with all that stuff, it's already 8PM or 9PM. I then get together with some night owls friends for a few beers, read all night, watch a movie or a tv show, or spend the night awake talking with my signifiant other (…

That's crazy, I wish I could do that. Honestly anything below 8 and I'm dead tired. My day starts at 10am, I get home at 4pm, then piano until I sleep. Repeat every day until famous.

Re: Poor Sleep Gives You the Munchies, Study Says

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Post by amelius » Fri, Mar 04, 2016, 4:48 PM UTC

What types of food were the subjects craving for?

Re: Poor Sleep Gives You the Munchies, Study Says

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Post by brad_matheson » Fri, Mar 04, 2016, 4:51 PM UTC

Poor sleep makes me feel ego depleted which I read about in Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow

Re: Poor Sleep Gives You the Munchies, Study Says

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Post by herbst » Fri, Mar 04, 2016, 4:56 PM UTC

Fuck, and i thought it was the Weed the whole time!

Re: Poor Sleep Gives You the Munchies, Study Says

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Post by agumonkey » Fri, Mar 04, 2016, 4:58 PM UTC

hollander wrote: post #16

Poor sleep results in stress, and to relieve stress, eating is a good remedy. Good in the sense that it seems to work, but it's not healthy. Doing a short workout is probably a lot healthier, but well, you're tired, and doing a workout is not high on the list for most of us.

45 min of walk, bonus point for small hills. I need to burn my chair.

Re: Poor Sleep Gives You the Munchies, Study Says

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Post by stygiansonic » Fri, Mar 04, 2016, 5:00 PM UTC

brad_matheson wrote: post #45

Poor sleep makes me feel ego depleted which I read about in Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow

This happens with me as well. Thanks for the book recommendation, I will have to add that to my reading list!

Re: Poor Sleep Gives You the Munchies, Study Says

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Post by ufukbay » Fri, Mar 04, 2016, 5:00 PM UTC

intrasight wrote: post #22

Is the reverse likely also true: munchies will give you poor sleep?

I think almost anything (depending on the amount) you eat before going to sleep will make it difficult for your body to relax because your stomach will be processing the food.

Lately I try to avoid eating a lot after around 8pm.

Re: Poor Sleep Gives You the Munchies, Study Says

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Post by drzaiusapelord » Fri, Mar 04, 2016, 5:03 PM UTC

chishaku wrote: post #21

Get good sleep and drink water. Two of the simplest pieces of advice that can go a really long way for your mental and physical health.

Except something like 60% of sleep apnea sufferers in the US will never get diagnosed. I used to be one of those people and its only after I switched doctors out of desperation that I was diagnosed.

So its hard to tell people to just sleep better if they have a disease, the same way its hard to tell depressed people to just feel better or to think positively. As a society I don't think we fully understand the effects of sleep, sleep diseases, etc. I wish there was some well funded organization pushing this information out. Instead, we're pressured from an early age to stay up late to finish things, get up early for work/school (why does the work/school day start at 8?) and be sleep deprived to only catch up on the weekend. We're also beaming bright lights from our tablets and phones into our eyes all the time, especially around bedtime, and making many of these issues worse.

Sleep is a complex issue. I'm not even sure how we can begin to address it from a public policy perspective. I think western capitalist life will always lead to sleep deprived people. We value activities, productivity, etc over rest and downtime.