Sleep Hack: Fasting
Lifehacker just had a cool post about this and I kinda want to try it. Apparently, humans have more than one “clock.” The one most people relate to wake-sleep cycles is the circadian cycle. It appears that the SCN (the C means circadian) can be overridden by the DMH, which is triggered on food availability. The sleep hack is fairly simple: the idea is that you fast for a bit and then you eat after waking up at a specific time. This flags that time as breakfast and the beginning of your day. Some people say you need at least 12, but others say 16, so I’ll do the more painful one if I try it… It sounds pretty harsh not eating from 14:30 to reset to 06:30 though…
