Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote, [on 1/14/2010 6:47 PM]: > Well, the siesta wasn't much of an example for this > > That was the hottest part of the day in spain / spanish colonies (mostly in > the tropics and/or desert) so the spaniards and people they colonized simply > slept through the hottest part of the day and worked late into the night, > well before sunrise etc when most others brought up to believe in 'early to > bed and early to rise' would be fast asleep. > > They might actually lose sleep that way. > > Lack of sleep isn't the killer, irregular sleep patterns are.
Are you claiming that a regular sleep pattern of significantly less than 8 hours (5 hours, say) per night is just fine? Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
