Something To Talk About: Is There A Best Time To Sleep?

I'll go ahead to confess this to you - I don't exactly have very good sleep patterns. But that's no such a big deal, is it? How many people who live in this World and in this century actually have proper sleep patterns? Do you? Hehehe, I'm 80% certain your answer was no. It appears I'm in good company. However, I've been reading a lot about getting adequate sleep. Apparently, sleep is linked to a lot of the body's vital process and not getting enough sleep can affect a range of things from weight to toxicity issues! In the article below, James Pang mentions somethings that are worth thinking about.

There is a saying that sleeping early and waking up early is good for your health.
How true is that? 

Is it alright to sleep late and wake up late? 

You actually have an amazing biological clock ticking inside your body. It is very precise. It helps to regulate your various body functions including your sleeping time. 

From 11pm to 3am, most of your blood circulation concentrates in your liver. Your liver gets larger when filled with more blood. This is an important time when your body undergoes detoxification process. Your liver neutralizes and breaks down body toxins accumulated throughout the day. 

However if you do not sleep at this time, your liver cannot carry out this detoxification process smoothly. 

a) If you sleep at 11 pm, you have full 4 hours to detoxify your body. 

b) If you sleep at 12 midnight, you have 3 hours. 

c) If you sleep at 1 am, you have 2 hours and 

d) If you sleep at 2 am, you only have 1 hour to detoxify. 

What if you sleep after 3 am?  

Unfortunately, you will not have any time to actually detoxify your body and if you continue with this sleeping pattern, these toxins will accumulate in your body over time.  

You know what happens next!

What if you sleep late and wake up late? Have you tried going to bed very late at night? Did you realize you feel very tired the next day no matter how much you sleep? Sleeping late and waking up late is indeed very bad for your health. Besides not having enough time to detoxify your body, you will miss out other important body functions too. 

~From 3 am to 5 am, most blood circulation concentrates in your lung. 

What should you do at this moment? 

Well, you should exercise and breathe in fresh air. Take in good energy into your body, preferably in a garden. At this time, the air is very fresh with lots of beneficial negative ions. 

~From 5 am to 7 am, most blood circulation concentrates in your large intestine. 

What should you do at this moment? 

You should poop! that is, pass out all unwanted poop from your large intestine to prepare your body to absorb more nutrients throughout the day. 

~From 7 am to 9 am, most blood circulation concentrates in your stomach. 

What should you do at this moment? 

Have your breakfast! as this is your most important meal in a day. Make sure you have all the required nutrients from your breakfast. Not having breakfast causes lots of health problems for you in the future. 

That is the way to start your day 

There you are; the most ideal way to start your day. After fully detoxifying your blood during your sleep, you wake up fresh to inhale beneficial energy. Then you pass out unwanted poop from your large intestine. After that, you take in balanced nutrients to prepare your body for a new day. 

No wonder people living in villages or farms are healthier. They sleep early and wake up early. They follow their natural biological clock. 

Living in city, we have more difficulty in following this sleeping schedule. We have good lightning, TV and internet to delay our precious sleeping time.

Following your natural timetable. Once I know the importance of our biological clock, I try my best to follow it. If I wake up early, I usually start my day on the computer. But when I see the clock shows 7am, I know it is the best time for breakfast. So I will try to have my breakfast before 9am for best absorption.

What if you are offered a night shift job? 

I recommend you to reject it even the salary is higher. For long term, you may need to spend more money for your health problems.

What if you have assignment to do until late at night? 

Well, why not sleep early and wake up earlier to do it? Just shift your work time from late night to early morning. You get the same time. But your body will appreciate it. With this, try to follow this timing as close as possible. Make it your daily routine. I am sure you will feel fresher and more energetic all day long!

It kind of makes sense, right? But these are the things I wonder: how feasible is it to follow such a schedule these days? Most people have to be on the road heading to work by 4 am, that means waking up around 3 am. Another thing that jumped out at me is the part about not doing night shift jobs. Would you really turn down a night shift job for the sake of your long term health? How many of us think so far into the future about our health?

What do you think? Share your thoughts and your plans on being a 'better sleeper'.

Eight hours is a good sleep time target if you can afford it. If not, settle for six hours. Try never to go below that, at least, not too often!

Sleep like a baby tonight!


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