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Raw Life Inc. :: The Importance of Sleep
| The Importance of Sleep |
The Importance of Sleep
As we talk about gaining peace, I'm learning one of the reasons many people do
not
have peace with their health, is because they do not get enough sleep. I'm not
just
talking about physical health. I'm also talking about mental health. In my lectures,
I always say one of the two causes of most, if not all disease, in today's world
is under-sleeping (the other is overeating).
Many people ask me how do we know how much sleep we really need? Others tell me
they get a lot of sleep. There is a difference between a lot of sleep and enough
sleep. Many people do get a lot of sleep, but they are still not getting enough.
There are many theories about how much sleep we really need. But the answer is
that
there is no one, set amount for everyone. The amount will be different for everyone
based on their lifestyle and diet or their stress level.
I know a lot of people who eat a great diet but are so stressed out, that they
are
still unhealthy because they do not get enough sleep required for all the stress
they have.
Sleep is another world for healing. The most important cleansing of the blood
takes
place when we are sleeping. So if we cut our sleep short we are cutting our cleansing
or healing short.
In my books, I've interviewed many people eating a raw food diet for many years,
and I asked them all about sleep. Here is what many of them told me.
The question was, How much sleep do you get and what do you think is necessary?
Annette Larkins:
I get as much sleep as my body tells me I need; I really do not count the hours.
I go by how I feel when I awake. I believe the amount necessary is an individual
requirement.
Celene Burnstein
On average I get about seven hours. I go to sleep whenever I feel tired at night.
Rozalind Gruben:
Generally, I manage to secure eight hours of sleep per night.
Essie Honiball
The hours before midnight are by far the best sleeping time. My day ends at dusk.
I wake up very early at 4:00 a.m and I do not sleep during the day.
Youkta
The amount of rest a person needs depends upon the individual and what he is doing.
I recognize that a constant eight hours of sleep per night is typical within our
average world, which is so removed from nature.
Viktoras Kulvinskas
My sleep needs vary with physical activity, diet, and the associated recovery
times.
When I eat heavier meals I end up needing between six to eight hours of sleep.
When
I eat lighter I find I do quite well if I get between four and six hours of sleep.
At home, I find myself sleeping four to five hours per night, but I also take
a
nap during the day. Within the animal kingdom, all creatures take many naps and
sleep very little at night.
Gabriel Cousens
I have found that inadequate sleep is a common deficit in terms of people's health.
It is very easy to get into a cycle of sleeping five or six hours. You can do
that,
but it is really not good for your health. It speeds up the aging process. It
weakens
the immune system and it upsets the endocrine system. It decreases creativity,
memory
and clarity.
Aris La Tham
I average about five to six hours a night. I think it is necessary to get as much
as you can.
Gil Jacobs
During sleep, the kidneys clean the blood. If the average person does not get
sleep,
that means their kidneys did not work well. The beauty of being inwardly clean
is
that four or five hours of sleep is sufficient, especially when you are eating
light.
When you are clean, enough to sleep 4 hours, you will sleep 4 hours. If you need
7 or 8 that is fine. Do not worry about it.
Tim Trader
Sometimes I sleep ten hours, on occasion I can even sleep twelve, generally I
get
somewhere between 6 and 7 hours.
Doug Graham
I need to stay in bed until I do not feel like staying in bed anymore. This typically
requires me to sleep about 6 hours in order to feel that I've had enough sleep.
However, when I increase my training I need more sleep. Eight hours is not uncommon
and ten is not unusual if I am really pushing myself physically.
Fred Bisci
It depends on the condition of your blood. When you are sleeping, your blood is
dialyzing. If your diet is terrible, you might need 12 hours of sleep. If you
are
going through biological healing, you need as much sleep as you can get. You might
need 15 hours of sleep. However it all comes down to the condition of your blood.
The cleaner it is, the less sleep you will need.
Roe Gallo
I generally get between 5 and 7 hours of sleep. The amount of sleep you need will
depend on your overall health, on how much energy you use during the day.
Brian Clement
It's different for everyone. I need about seven to eight hours a night because
I
have a very stressful job dealing with sick and diseased people all day. The average
amount for the average person is eight hours. The majority of people I know who
switch to a raw diet, the amount they sleep is dramatically reduced.
Karen Fierro
Seven to eight hours. If I take an afternoon nap, it can be less. I think each
and
every human must get a lot of rest to handle what society and our responsibilities
call for.
Ruth Heidrich
I usually get about five to six hours sleep a night.
Renee Loux Underkoffler
Six to eight hours a day seems to be ideal, I can function on less but not well
for extended periods of time. Sleep is incredibly important for the healing and
building process.
Rhio
On a daily basis, I only seem to need five to six hour, however I have noticed
that
from time to time, I sleep more especially, when I'm on vacations or away from
my
regular home life. The number of hours that a person needs is an individual matter.
>From studies that have been done it seems that the average for most people
is eight
hours per night.
Annie Jubb
I run on sleep according to my sleeping place. In New York City, I sleep between
7 and 12 hours a day. I sleep less out west, usually 7 or 8 hours. During training,
of seven to fourteen days, I'll typically sleep three to five hours and wake up
with a list of things to do.
Dave Kline
Seven to eight hours. When I eat lightly 6 or 7. When I eat nuts or avocados,
I
sleep more.
Robert Sniadach
I require seven and a half to eight hours sleep a night to feel adequately rejuvenated.
John Fielder
I prefer to get eight hours of sleep per night , as I feel best when I do. I can
get by on six hours of sleep but I do not function at my bust under those circumstances.
For me the hours before midnight are better than those after.
Arthur Andrews
I would say that for most of my life, I have slept less than most people. I had
the most productive period of my life many years ago. I went for eighteen months
on no more than 4 hours of sleep a night, averaging about two and a half hours
a
night. Sometimes I would go ninety six hours straight without putting my head
on
a pillow. I did that for a long period of time. I am not advising that. I am not
saying it's good.
Vivian Vetrano
The amount of sleep needed varies for each individual. I think an older person
requires
more sleep or at least more rest than a younger person does. I sleep about six
to
seven hours at night and I rest and try to nap twice a day or more if I'm really
tired.
Some of the people I've interviewed feel the need for very little sleep. According
to them, the better we eat and more in tune with nature we are, the less sleep
we
need.
High Priest Kofi Kwatamani
Once you consume the optimum fuel, you can forget about sleeping for a long time.
When you hear people say they need a lot of sleep, it is very obvious and clear
they are consuming badly. If you eat only live foods, the digestive process takes
place smoothly and quickly. The body, brain and spirit want to get up and get
going.
On average, I would say I have gotten four hours of sleep a night. The rest of
the
time is spent in meditation or just vibration.
Many of the people I've interviewed admitted that the week link in their health
program is the lack of sleep they get. Many of them had good reasons for this
lack
of sleep. They get so involved with helping people that they suffer their own
time
for others. I can understand that one. Another issue many teachers of health have
is that we travel so much, in and out of different time zones that it is not always
easy to get high-quality sleep.
Another issue is giving lectures late every night it is hard to get to bed at
a
early hour. There are many good reasons not to get good sleep, but with all those
good reasons, we really have to find a way to make it one of our most important
health habits.
Some good guidelines for good quality sleep are:
-Wait at least three hours after any food intake before going to sleep. (this
does
not mean if you eat later in the night to go to sleep later, it means to eat your
last meal earlier.)
-Sleep with an open window, or even better, outside if you can.
-Do not wake-up with an alarm clock
-If you are tired when you wake-up, you need more sleep.
This last one is something I just heard that makes sense to me:
I like what the famous Jewish philosopher stated in the 1100's about the amount
of sleep we need. The day and night (together) are twenty-four hours long. It
is
sufficient to sleep for a third of this, i.e. eight hours, which should be at
the
end of the night, so that there will be eight hours from when one goes to sleep
to sunrise. One should get up before sunrise.
Of all I've seen and heard, the most important part of health is making sure we
get the amount of sleep we need. That is enough sleep. Whether it is 4 hours or
14 hours, anything less than we need is going to cause more damage (other than
over
eating) to your health.
Sweet Dreams.
These interviews were taken from the following books:
"The Raw Life"
"Raw Knowledge Part 1"
"Raw Knowledge Part 2"
*You can order my books with the full interviews of all these people at www.rawlife.com.
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