On: Scientists discover secret to waking up alert and ...

[l1n]

Too spammy, didn't click? Here's the kicker: "substantial exercise the previous day, sleeping longer and later into the morning, and eating a breakfast high in complex carbohydrates, with limited sugar"

[jollyllama → l1n]

"Just sleep later."

Gee, thanks.

[antihero → jollyllama]

Go to bed earlier. Like, 9 hours before you are due to wake up so you have an hour to properly relax.

[TurkishPoptart → antihero]

But how else is my late-night bedtime procrastination cycle going to continue? I just absolutely _must_ stay up until 2:00 AM reading Wikipedia pages on obscure tropical plants, because I guess I only need to be up by 8:15 AM for my 8:30 AM standup!

[mypastself → antihero]

The comment was clearly referring to the “sleep later into the morning” part, though.

[antihero → mypastself]

Well yeah, that is not a great plan, but the overall goal is to allow your body to have 8 hours of sleep.

[wizofaus → antihero]

But that's not what the article said - it suggested you needed to wake up later.

[antihero → wizofaus]

In this respect I disagree with the article.

[Tao3300 → l1n]

The Dragon Scroll was blank all along!

[pmontra → l1n]

I'm only a data point but my experience is very different: I never had problems waking up and being immediately functional, with or without breakfast. Maybe that counts as "limited sugar"?

[ekianjo → l1n]

another study by captain obvious?