Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar and Survival

kat819 · 07-13-2010, 08:18 AM

Has anyone read this book?

I got it from the library and I'm on page 52. It's extremely radical, which explains why so many people in Amazon reviews hated it. I've got another 154 pages to go, but the authors believe that our bodies evolved to eat carbs only in the summer (three months out of the year), to release lots of insulin to store them as fat then and the rest of the year we were living off of that fat. The fact that we are exposed to huge amounts of artifical lights and that we deny ourselves sleep has messed that system up so that our metabolisms act as though it's summer all year round. In addition to obesity, we are subject to all of the diseases of civilization.

ravenrose · 07-13-2010, 10:14 AM

Haven't read it, but that's interesting.

I suppose for people who descend from people who lived their lives very far from the equator in cold places with short growing seasons, that might have some validity. Obviously ridiculous for everyone else, though.

Odirom · 04-15-2011, 05:27 AM

Perhaps not so Obvious. But opinions are what opinions are.

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07-13-2010, 08:18 AM	#1
kat819 Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 1,561 Gallery: kat819 Stats: 263/227/163 5'9" WOE: PaNu/very low carb Start Date: 1st time 9/2003, third time's the charm 5/13/2010	Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar and Survival Has anyone read this book? I got it from the library and I'm on page 52. It's extremely radical, which explains why so many people in Amazon reviews hated it. I've got another 154 pages to go, but the authors believe that our bodies evolved to eat carbs only in the summer (three months out of the year), to release lots of insulin to store them as fat then and the rest of the year we were living off of that fat. The fact that we are exposed to huge amounts of artifical lights and that we deny ourselves sleep has messed that system up so that our metabolisms act as though it's summer all year round. In addition to obesity, we are subject to all of the diseases of civilization. Last edited by kat819; 07-13-2010 at 08:20 AM..

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07-13-2010, 10:14 AM	#2
ravenrose . Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: California Posts: 9,068 Gallery: ravenrose Stats: lost 130 lb so far, and miles to go before I sleep WOE: low carb controlled calorie Start Date: June, 2009	Haven't read it, but that's interesting. I suppose for people who descend from people who lived their lives very far from the equator in cold places with short growing seasons, that might have some validity. Obviously ridiculous for everyone else, though.

04-15-2011, 05:27 AM	#3
Odirom Junior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 4 Gallery: Odirom Stats: 430/390/310 WOE: Primal Carnavore (20g or less a day,minimal fiber) Start Date: July 1, 2010	Perhaps not so Obvious. But opinions are what opinions are. O