The Monday Read: the End of Summer?

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1. #10: The ruling stated that such harsh interrogations “go beyond socially acceptable bounds and are illegal.”

   But unlike the First World, where judicial proclamations are absorbed into the legal corpus and guide future judgements, it’ll be business here as usual tomorrow.

2. Seem to be missing the link for 6 Ben

   1. Thanks! It was a formatting issue ^-^

3. As I mentioned in a past blog post I tried Yakult 1000 and I had a good sleep. Now seeing your comment I’m intruiged. Might have to try two in a row now and see if the same thing happens to me. I wonder if instead of being taken regularly it might be more like an energy drink where you should only take it when you need it. Look forward to hearing if anybody else on here has tried it.

   1. You might be right. I assumed it would be a daily thing, but maybe it’s an occasional thing instead ^-^

      1. Update: Bought a 7 pack. Took a couple in a row at night. Nothing. Tried a couple a day in the morning. Nothing. Tried a couple spread out… nothing! So that adventure is over. I did buy some ピルクル400 that Paprika Girl recommended on twitter. It’s much cheaper so I guess I’ll take that for a while. If nothing else my gut will probably thank me for it.
         Otherwise something like Oliver Mackie mentioned below if I feel I need to go down that path.

4. I tried Y1000 but it was 11AM….I wanted something for my gut health, so probably didn’t affect my sleep that night. It was interesting the see that 2 of 3 shops I’ve visited in my neighborhood lately posted signs near the product ‘requesting’ customers limit purchases to 1-3 bottles/household.

   1. They are selling six packs in our local supermarket so it seems supply is catching up with demand now ^-^

5. I used to have allergies the entire 30 years I was in Japan. Suddenly, they’re gone. Why? I stopped eating plants.

   1. That’s a new one!

      Are you still in Japan? What do you eat now?

6. I have found the following to be close to revolutionary for my sleep. Have been taking it for, maybe, 2 years now.

   Called the ‘Huberman cocktail’ it was suggested by neuroscientist Andrew Huberman in his podcast. It has a lot of rigorous research behind it.

   Magnesium Glycinate (Magtein): 200-400mg
   Apigenin: 50mg
   (There are other things you can add, but they don’t necessarily make it more effective for some people.)

   To be taken up to 2 hours before sleep (I usually only take it 30-40 minutes before.)

   NOTE: this is a chronic treatment. You will not see much effect for at least 2 weeks, maybe longer. After that, though, if you keep taking it,
   you will feel the effects consistently.

   Hope it helps….

   1. I saw the clip of that recently! Will have to try it.

      1. Don’t get me started…. It has been so good for me that I keep one year’s supply on hand, as a buffer against supply glitches. Enough said.

      2. Also, making sure that you get 1 gram or more per day of EPA/DHA, either through supplementation or eating enough of the right fish is said to be an important foundation for good sleep. Full disclosure: I have been doing that too, which might have aided the effect of these supplements.

   2. I’m interested, but Magnesium Glycinate is bloody expensive on Amazon. There are plenty of Japanese products called グリシン. Is that the same thing just without the magnesium? Where do you buy the Magnesium Glycinate and how much do you pay?

      1. It is expensive. There about 10 different types of magnesium – apparently – but only 2 of them can cross the blood-brain barrier, which is the essential point here. I buy 180 tablets (2 months supply) on Amazon for about 6,000 yen, so 100 yen a day, plus the Apigenin (which is much less expensive.) As I said, though, for me it has been massive, not only for sleep, but for memory and general mood. グリシン is something else.

7. My apologies, I got mixed up. The magnesium I take is magnesium threonate, also marketed as Magtein. It and glycinate are the only two that can be used in this protocol.

   1. Thanks for the info. I found them on Amazon and will order a couple months’ worth and see how it goes. Coincidentally, I’m already taking L-Theanine, which is the third component of his magic potion, though I currently take that mornings only. It seems to stop me flying off the handle too quickly 🙂

      1. If you look at the Huberman material, he lists L-Theanine as optional, as taken at night some people find that it makes their dreams too vivid and ends up being counterproductive. This is exactly what I find, and have experimented several times to confirm it. I do recommend the Apigenin though. Good luck.