💤 Breaking Up With the 8-Hour Sleep Myth
After months of sleep tracking, I discovered something radical:
My optimal sleep isn't 8 hours. It's 6.5.
Turns out, the "8-hour rule":
▸ Isn't scientifically absolute
▸ Ignores individual variability
▸ Can create performance anxiety that worsens sleep
What worked instead:
✓ Letting go of perfectionism
✓ Focusing on sleep cycles (not hours)
Full journey :
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/ysc5p96s
I don't see self-experimentation as an ethical issue, but of course it should not be the first line of treatment if one gets a cancer diagnosis. I also have doubts if publications of such case studies encourage others to try similar approach to treat their cancer. I mean, if someone can understand and perform the protocol, they should be also aware of the risks of basing their treatment on a study of n=1.
Earlier today I fasted while doing work (physically laborious workday).
I then spent time with a colleague walking around and shopping.
When I got home, I had burned 2,506 calories according to my Fitbit!
I was able to fast 22 hours today before I ate #OMAD (one meal a day) of:
roasted garlic chicken thigh, a soft-boiled egg, a garden salad,
an ice cream sandwich bar, a glass of icy ginger ale
The next few weeks, my aim is to do 1-3 full day, (24+ hour fasts)
to stimulate #autophagy to help my body heal itself from a minor skin irritation
My goal is to test how effective prolonged #fasting resolves this skin
condition aside from the prescription cream I'm using which is slowly working this season
#selfexperimentation
