Polyphasic Sleep and Diet

[Khookie]

Hi everyone

Just wondering, what are the diets here of people who have
successfully adapted to polyphasic sleep (also name the type -
uberman, everyman, etc.)?

The reason I'm interested is that I'm currently on the opposite end of
what Steve Pavlina does - I eat Atkins/paleolithic style with lots of
meat and vegetables, and I mean probably about 80% meat (I'm a real
carnivore). But I don't have anything like fast food, lollies, soft
drink, alcohol, and even starchy carbs like rice, bread, etc. and my
health indicators are very good.

However, I read that Steve is a vegan, and he mentions it as one of
the advantages he had in adapting to polyphasic sleep. So I'm
extremely interested to know from others whether you can adapt to
polyphasic without being a vegetarian/vegan.

Chris

[Kswissbob]

Im still in the middle of adapting to Uberman but i really have no
diet i just eat what i want when i want and there doesnt seem to be
any side affects of it.

[Tagg]

I eat lots of rice and carbs. (I'm Asian, so that's how it has been
for all of my life) Whenever I'm hungry, I just eat what is available.
Oh yeah, I'm trying to adapt to Uberman sleep.

[Ceth]

I'm starting Everyman and will definately not drop the meats. Although
I do believe there might be something to the vegetarian diet helping
with polyphasic sleep, something to do with the digestability of
different foods I think.

What I try to do is not to eat near the naps, which will actually not
be that easy to me since I've been doing intermittent fasting for some
time, ie fasting 20 hours and eating 4 hours. The problem is that as
my eating period is usually 18-22 and I'm supposed to have a nap at
7pm, which might present a problem. Also while eating intermittently,
I have to eat loads at that 4 hour period, so I'm not that sure that
my core (12am-3am) will not be effected by it. I have noticed before,
that falling asleep tends to be a lot easier when you haven't eaten
heavily before that.

But I will see how that goes, if necessary I can always adjust the
diet.

[Greg]

For me, I avoid heavy, fatty, big meals, and try to eat after naps (the heavy meals causes my digestion to rule my nap time, and wake unrested)
I have to avoid alcohol and caffiene, and too much sugar and simple carbohydrates (too much energy makes it hard to nap)

KFC is the biggest evil I've found so far, other than too much alcohol and caffiene. A cup of coffee once a day, at the right time, can still be doable.

Greg

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`Don't make me come down there` - God

[Khookie]

Hi guys

Thanks for all your responses.

It seems from all the anecdotal evidence I've collected that you can
still do it while on a mainly carnivorous diet, but you probably won't
be performing at an optimal rate.

For reasons other than wanting to be a polyphasic sleeper, I'm
actually going vegan for the next 30 days to see how I feel.

Thanks again! Hope to come back at some point with a success story.

Chris

On Jun 17, 2:47 am, Greg <placeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For me, I avoid heavy, fatty, big meals, and try to eat after naps (the
> heavy meals causes my digestion to rule my nap time, and wake unrested)
> I have to avoid alcohol and caffiene, and too much sugar and simple
> carbohydrates (too much energy makes it hard to nap)
>
> KFC is the biggest evil I've found so far, other than too much alcohol and
> caffiene. A cup of coffee once a day, at the right time, can still be
> doable.
>
> Greg
>

[Kaspian]

I ate meat through adaptation, and it didn't seem to be a problem.
However, if I eat a big, heavy meal then head to sleep, I wake up more
groggy. In January/February, I did a 30-day vegan experiment then
switched back to eating normally, and both changes had little effect
on the quality of my naps. My normal diet is healthy and balanced-
lots of fruits and veggies, mostly whole grains, not a lot of meat,
and almost no sugar.