So, I recently turned 23. I am on schedule to have my anti-aging regimen fully in place by 25, and beginning tonight am again attempting the uberman sleep schedule (which, if it works, will increase my subjective experience of time by 40-50%).
So, two years later… How did it go? Are you still doing that?
Both that and a previous attempt at Uberman failed. I never got to the point where I felt more rested after a nap than I did before a nap (though I did seem more rested outside in the sunlight- I’m not sure if that actually reduced my level of fatigue, or just suppressed my awareness of it. I could look for a daily cycle in my psychomotor vigilance task data to check, but I never analyzed it). If I succeed in hacking the process of falling asleep (I have sleep onset insomnia and am getting tired of it), I’ll attempt it again, but I see no point in reattempting Uberman without doing that.
I’m doing much better with my anti-aging regimen, but I don’t think I’d call it “fully in place.” I’ve been on intermittent fasting for over a year, which is comparable to caloric restriction. I’ve got a project in the works to significantly improve the nutritional content of my diet which will happen over this summer (basically, Soylent, except I don’t quite trust his methodology / ingredient choices and so am planning on doing it myself. He’s missed at least two essential nutrients that made it onto my list- iron and sulfur- and I don’t think his judgment on non-essential nutrients is very good either).
I do regular strength exercises, though the regularity could stand to improve, and I’m beginning routine swimming exercise. About that time, I was starting the cat stretch which I stopped doing after a few months, because of a combination of low reward and not having a good spot for it in my morning ritual. I’m not sure what priority I should place on doing that exercise (which is primarily about maintaining your current level of control and flexibility) compared to learning skills and doing exercises that increase my level of control and flexibility.
He’s missed at least two essential nutrients that made it onto my list- iron and sulfur- and I don’t think his judgment on non-essential nutrients is very good either
After three months I should be finding deficiencies, and I did. I started having joint pain and found I fit the symptoms of a sulfur deficiency. This makes perfect sense as I consume almost none, and sulfur is a component of every living cell. Sulfur is hard to miss in a typical diet so the FDA would have little reason to recommend it. A typical male physique has 140g of sulfur, making it the sixth most abundant element in the human body. Ten grams of sulfur from Methylsulfonylmethane cured me right away, and I now consume 2g/day...I have not experienced any other deficiency symptoms and am quite confident I am now getting everything I need, but I will keep testing.
Right, that was how I noticed he had missed it, as with the iron deficiency that he discussed in his first post. When I made my list of nutrients, I checked to make sure everything on his list was on my list, but didn’t think to do the reverse.
So, two years later… How did it go? Are you still doing that?
Both that and a previous attempt at Uberman failed. I never got to the point where I felt more rested after a nap than I did before a nap (though I did seem more rested outside in the sunlight- I’m not sure if that actually reduced my level of fatigue, or just suppressed my awareness of it. I could look for a daily cycle in my psychomotor vigilance task data to check, but I never analyzed it). If I succeed in hacking the process of falling asleep (I have sleep onset insomnia and am getting tired of it), I’ll attempt it again, but I see no point in reattempting Uberman without doing that.
I’m doing much better with my anti-aging regimen, but I don’t think I’d call it “fully in place.” I’ve been on intermittent fasting for over a year, which is comparable to caloric restriction. I’ve got a project in the works to significantly improve the nutritional content of my diet which will happen over this summer (basically, Soylent, except I don’t quite trust his methodology / ingredient choices and so am planning on doing it myself. He’s missed at least two essential nutrients that made it onto my list- iron and sulfur- and I don’t think his judgment on non-essential nutrients is very good either).
I do regular strength exercises, though the regularity could stand to improve, and I’m beginning routine swimming exercise. About that time, I was starting the cat stretch which I stopped doing after a few months, because of a combination of low reward and not having a good spot for it in my morning ritual. I’m not sure what priority I should place on doing that exercise (which is primarily about maintaining your current level of control and flexibility) compared to learning skills and doing exercises that increase my level of control and flexibility.
He says he’s added sulfur: http://robrhinehart.com/?p=570
Right, that was how I noticed he had missed it, as with the iron deficiency that he discussed in his first post. When I made my list of nutrients, I checked to make sure everything on his list was on my list, but didn’t think to do the reverse.