raw fooders and less sleep
May 10, 2006 drellencutler
It has often been said, that people who are raw fooders need less sleep than others that eat cooked food. Perhaps this is true. i was talking with someone tonight about this. I have lived on the average of 5 hours of sleep for many years. I truly can't imagine sleeping a whole 8 hours. I always thought this was just my body type, and it actually may be exactly what it is, but on the other hand, it could very well be that I am one of those raw fooders. Time will tell, when more people gravitate to that type of diet.
But it also may be eating less food. I encourage eating less - take half of your meal and push it away. It can affect your overall health, stamina and weight. Enzymes can also help accomplish this.
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1. Ravi | June 3, 2006 at 10:09 pm
How long have u been primarily on a raw food diet? Did you tend to sleep only 5 hours a night prior to adopting a raw food diet?
I am vegetarian, but need 8-9 hours minimum to function. I am wondering if perhaps going raw would help me sleep better.
2. Debbie | September 25, 2007 at 9:21 pm
i would like to switch to a raw food diet but do not know how. what do you eat ? Is there a
website that supports this and shows you what you can eat? Debbie
3. Joy | October 8, 2007 at 11:38 pm
Here’s a good website, with recipes and many articles and tips. http://www.living-foods.com
I am also a raw fooder, although I do also include raw milk and cheese, as well as egg yolks. (Many living and raw fooders tend to be vegan, but for me being vegan caused me to become ill and weigh 85 pounds at 5′3″, I also did not eat any junk and ate very well for a vegan). As a cooked fooder I needed 10-11 hours of sleep per night. Now it is MUCH less (about 6 hours) and my milk supply increased (I’m nursing a baby). Just let me give you a tip that really made a difference for me, do sprout your grains and also take in specila foods also known as super foods because they are so incredibly nutrient-dense, for me this is bee pollen, dulse, wheat grass juice, virgin coconut oil, cold-pressed cod liver oil and cold-pressed salmon oil (if you are vegan you may wish to do cold-pressed flax seed oil, but for me it cuased skin dryness and made me tired). THey are very nutrient-dense but they are not supplements, they are part of my food and bless me with great health along with eating raw and living foods. HTH!
Thank you for your blog.
4. dt | October 28, 2007 at 11:32 pm
I went gluten-free three years ago, due to digestive issues. Then, a year ago, dairy and sugars (even some fruits) starting causing me the same problems. So I quit those, too. After I cut out the dairy and sugar, I gradually began needing less and less sleep. Now I wake up full of energy after 5 1/2 hours of sleep. I used to need 8-9 hours. I can’t think any thing else that changed other than my diet, except that I have continued to work out a lot and I grew leaner and meaner in the last year…actual weight stayed the same (110, 5′ 4″…I run, swim, bike and climb). It’s amazing. I wish I understood it–there seems to be very little info. out there on this. I eat the “paleo” diet, other than a little bit of heavy cream, corn, rice and potatoes…and lots of beer and coffee. Otherwise, it’s meat, eggs, vegetables and some fruits, quinoa, nuts and seeds daily.
5. Deb | February 21, 2008 at 8:37 am
I have been eating about 95% raw (I still eat some cooked ingredients such as vinegars, soy sauce, boiled eggs for B12 until a reliable source is discovered and 85% organic dark chocolate) for almost a year.
I have always needed 10 hours sleep. And even then I didn’t wake up bright, refreshed and ready to go. I hated waking up and hated getting out of bed!
The last 3 weeks something strange has happened to me. I go to bed and wake up after 6 hours wide awake. At first I went back to sleep and would then wake up with a headache.
But last week I decided that I would get out of bed and stay awake.
Wow! I feel great! I feel so alert and bright.
I’m hoping this is now a regular thing and that I have increased my day by 4 hours permanently.