When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health

Re:When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health by Angostura on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @03:43AM (#17607530)

Just to speak to the contrary, I’ve been using 16:8 for a few months, simply because the evidence for the health benefits of short fasting seems reasonable, and anyway it’s stopped me late night snacking.

One downside is that immediately after lunch I find myself very very drowsy. Sufficiently so that on some days I have to disappear into a meeting room for 10 minutes for a nap.

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Re:When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health by SmellyGeekBoy on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @04:24AM (#17607691)

> Sufficiently so that on some days I have to disappear into a meeting room for 10 minutes for a nap.

Pretty common in some European countries and there are plenty of studies showing the positive benefits of "power napping". Shame it's so frowned upon where I'm from (UK).

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Re:When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health by dazc on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @06:48AM (#17608273)

I'm sure nobody would mind you using 10 minutes of your own time to have a quick nap?

Going home for 3 hours isn't really the same thing.

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Re:When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health by cesnja on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @01:57PM (#17611307)

I had the same problem. I used to think that drinking a cup of coffee after lunch would help, and it did, but after a few months it stopped being effective and only made it harder to fall asleep in later in the evening. However, about a month ago I started aggressively fixing my sleep schedule and stopped consuming any coffee, and I now don't experience these drowsy after lunch periods at all.

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Re:When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health by cageface on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @03:51AM (#17607561)

What do you typically eat for lunch?

Taking a short nap might not necessarily be a bad thing I think. I usually take a 10-20 minute nap in the afternoon if I can.

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Re:When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health by TimSchumann on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @05:50AM (#17608063)

> One downside is that immediately after lunch I find myself very very drowsy.

What does a typical lunch consist of for you?

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Re:When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health by loftyal on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @06:30AM (#17608201)

Same for me, usually fixed with a cappuccino or a caffeine tablet though

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