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Originally Posted by Alarin  That's pretty amazing! She must get a lot done. Does she get sick a lot or easily, like does she have poor immunity? I know that sleep contributes a lot to body repair and immunity so it would be interesting to know if lack of sleep negatively effects her health? |
She does. It's (one reason) why she's a great girlfriend. She's always doing things for me - my laundry, grocery shopping, etc. She claims to have better-than-average immune system function. I've never seen her get sick. Allergies, but not sick. She's a scientist and pays close attention to sleep deprivation studies - apparently it makes your body try to conserve energy (get fatter (she's not fat)) and decreases your life expectancy.
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Originally Posted by Alarin I remember there was a man in India or China I think it was who claimed not to have slept for 20 years, and during the night he watched over his neighbours cattle to protect them from thieves. He said he'd never been sick or even tired, he just couldn't sleep  |
Yeah I've heard of that guy. I saw him on PBS or something one time. Aparently there was some traumatic incident (not sure if it was a blow to the head or what) and from then on he just never got tired. I think the number I remember hearing was 30+ years with no sleep. Weird. They should dissect that guy when he dies and find out if we can all do that.
