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> The virus could potentially be blocked by melatonin. I was sleeping an average of 4-5 hours maximum a night. Once in a while I slept 7 hours, that was the ma

> The virus could potentially be blocked by melatonin. I was sleeping an average of 4-5 hours maximum a night. Once in a while I slept 7 hours, that was the maximum I could and I felt really great about it. Then I accidentally started intermittent fasting about 6 months back to see if helps with lowering cholesterol. But surprisingly I started sleeping more. Now, I eat my meals between 6am and 1pm. After that I fast. I sleep well and I can feel my body producing enough melatonin. For some reason, melatonin supplements never helped me when I tried before. My urge to drink alcohol has also lowered since even though I am an occasional drinker and I sleep for at least 8 hours a day. I can feel my body healing from at least 10 years of insomnia.

martindbp 6y ago
Aren't you hungry when going to bed?
- srameshc 6y ago
  Sometimes when I eat light during the day, I feel intense hunger, happened more during early days. But even that hungry feeling wades off in about 45 minutes.
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- xboxnolifes 6y ago
  I view hunger almost like an addiction or a strong habit. If you eat 3 meals a day at 8am, 1pm, and 6pm, then you will feel hungry around those times every day. If you change your eating habits to eat only between 10am and 3pm, then you go through a period (of around a few days to a week) where you continue to feel hungry around 8am and 6pm or later, but your body adjusts to the new schedule. At least, that's how my body adjusts when I go between phases of eating breakfast and not easting breakfast.
  - leetcrew 6y ago
    the best diet "hack" I have found is simply not to keep any food in your home that can be ready to eat in less than ten minutes. that little bit of delay/work between feeling hungry and eating enables a much more intentional attitude towards eating for me. it's helped me realize that hunger signals don't necessarily mean my body actually needs nutrients at that instant. random feelings of hunger will often pass if I don't act on them.
mft_ 6y ago
> I can feel my body producing enough melatonin Could you describe what feeling you’re referring to here?
- srameshc 6y ago
  It's hard to describe but you can feel something similar if you take melatonin supplement and then don't sleep well. But the body produced melatonin doesn't give you a hangover like feeling.

martindbp 6y ago

Aren't you hungry when going to bed?

srameshc 6y ago
Sometimes when I eat light during the day, I feel intense hunger, happened more during early days. But even that hungry feeling wades off in about 45 minutes.
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xboxnolifes 6y ago
I view hunger almost like an addiction or a strong habit. If you eat 3 meals a day at 8am, 1pm, and 6pm, then you will feel hungry around those times every day. If you change your eating habits to eat only between 10am and 3pm, then you go through a period (of around a few days to a week) where you continue to feel hungry around 8am and 6pm or later, but your body adjusts to the new schedule. At least, that's how my body adjusts when I go between phases of eating breakfast and not easting breakfast.
- leetcrew 6y ago
  the best diet "hack" I have found is simply not to keep any food in your home that can be ready to eat in less than ten minutes. that little bit of delay/work between feeling hungry and eating enables a much more intentional attitude towards eating for me. it's helped me realize that hunger signals don't necessarily mean my body actually needs nutrients at that instant. random feelings of hunger will often pass if I don't act on them.

mft_ 6y ago

> I can feel my body producing enough melatonin Could you describe what feeling you’re referring to here?

srameshc 6y ago
It's hard to describe but you can feel something similar if you take melatonin supplement and then don't sleep well. But the body produced melatonin doesn't give you a hangover like feeling.