What Connects Veganism with Sleep?
Everyone knows that the body can lack essential building blocks – microelements, enzymes, vitamins, etc. – resulting in pathological changes. This is true; they are very important. However, what is most crucial is energy. It is the most vital element in the complex mechanism of our body’s proper functioning.
The end result of every meal we eat is energy, and along the way – only along the way – microelements, vitamins, enzymes, etc., are supplied. Without energy, nothing happens, and if it is lacking, the body gets sick and dies.
The topic of energy and its preservation in the human body belongs to a sphere still unknown to science – it remains a mystery. What is this about? We know the physical body, we see it, and it has a second body – an energetic one, still elusive to contemporary science. They closely cooperate. Part of the energy the body extracts from food through chemical reactions is used for its needs and to supply its own energy economy – its channels and collection points were known in ancient China, where according to ancient knowledge, the main energy channel runs along the spine to the pineal gland, conducting energy – Qi.
According to ancient beliefs, the Qi of our body cooperates with the energy of the universe.
The energy network throughout the body was and is still used in acupuncture to treat diseases. Ancient Indian yoga, over 7000 years ago, also spoke of energy in the human body. The main channel, according to yoga, runs from the base of the spine to Sahasrara – the main energy chakra located near the pineal gland. The dormant energy at the base of the spine is called Kundalini Shakti. Its potential is so strong that it can kill if not properly activated. Along with chakras – energy centers, according to this knowledge, it is the most crucial element in the life of the human body. And yoga, like ancient Chinese knowledge, claims that it cooperates with the energy of the universe.
Now, let’s return to the moment of energy division – part of it will go to the body’s needs, but it also has to „feed” the energetic body. If it is lacking, the energetic body will start „eating” it from the physical body, and its lack will weaken or kill the cells of the physical body, and this process translates into pathological changes in the physical body. The more it lacks, the more significant health problems, including tragic ones. What am I getting at? Whether energy is lacking or not depends on nutrition and oxygen supply. Nutrition should contain all elements, but it is also essential how much effort the body expends in the form of energy for digestion and processing our food to extract energy from it. Foods with animal protein – meat, fish, eggs, dairy products – indeed contain microelements partially, although the palette is limited, but the protein itself is hard to digest – the body expends a lot of energy on digestion, and during digestive processes, toxic compounds will also form, poisoning it, with which it will have to fight, expending more energy instead of obtaining it. The same applies to products containing sugar. On the other hand, plant-only foods are easy to digest, and the body does not expend much on digestion but receives a lot, significantly reducing the possibility of disease changes in any form. The greatest energy accumulation effect occurs during fasts, and moreover, the body, having a much greater potential, can use it to remove damages in all systems. Fasts are a great benefit.
An indirect indicator and argument of how important energy and its level is for the body is the fact that vegans sleep less. The need for sleep decreases significantly, which has been confirmed many times in my many years of practice in treating patients who, during treatment, eliminated animal protein and sugar from their diet – they switched to plant-based nutrition. Yes, there is a connection – food and sleep, because serotonin puts us to sleep so that the body can save and accumulate energy – during sleep, most life functions calm down, slow down. The saved energy is kept for its needs and also charges the energetic body. This is the main reason why we go to sleep, and the less it uses and the more it gets during wakefulness, the less time it will need for loading and accumulation, shortening sleep time.
To not disturb the body in such an important action – energy accumulation and charging the energetic body – do not eat and drink after 5 PM. Do not underestimate the importance of energy, do not waste it – it decides: to live or not to live.