Tamar Haspel lists 3 pieces of nutrition advice you can count on.
One is:
"Most saturated fat raises heart disease risk"
Her argument: most saturated fat raises LDL cholesterol, and LDL is causal for heart disease.
But what about people whose LDL cholesterol is in the healthy range?
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Most dietary guidance relies on lousy evidence. How are we supposed to know what to eat?
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The 4-7-8 breathing technique (breathe in 4 seconds, hold for 7, and exhale for 8) sounds promising, and I've started to try it. Anahad O'Conner says that it works for him, and it can't hurt.
Intermittent Fasting
This YouTube by Michael Breus, is very informative about waking up at night, but is includes some advice that isn't right, at least not for me.
I'll address six points in my replies.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpdR...
I do look at the clock.
I want to know if it's too early to get up.
Knowing the time does not make me at all anxious (which is his concern).
This is perfectly ordinary.
I'm up at 3 am most nights and I know what to do.
Non-sleep deep rest is good.
Over the years I have mastered non-sleep deep rest.
My pulse rate can reach its lowest point, and my Fitbit calls this light sleep.
But I am definitely awake; I maintain a train of conscious thought. I hear sounds, and if my wife says something, I respond.
He advises against getting up to go to the bathroom. I used to think that way, and I had a series of urinary tract infections, which were much worse than the sleep deprivation would have been.
I do avoid light or any activity that is engaging.
