Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar, and Survival »

T.S. Wiley and Bent Formby, Ph.D., are researchers who worked together at the Sansum Medical Research Institute at Santa Barbara, California, the site of cutting-edge diabetes research since insulin was first synthesized there in the 1920s. T.S. Wiley is an anthropologist and medical theorist with a background in investigative journalism, currently working in medical research with a special interest in endocrinology/evolutionary biology. Bent Formby holds doctorates in biochemistry, biophysics, and molecular biology. Their research has been presented at national and international medical conferences, and in scientific journals.

Americans are dying for a good night's sleep. Diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and depression are rising in our population. It began with the invention of the lightbulb! We just aren't getting enough sleep in sync with seasonal light exposure. This has fundamentally altered a balance of nature programmed into us.

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Not your average self-help book, this is written by respected researchers at the Sansum Medical Research Institute. They explain the connection among sleep, food, light, and health--and suggest some very scary consequences for those who ignore this connection. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

INTRODUCTION

PART I

SECRETS AND LIES

ONE

WE WANT TO BELIEVE:

The Church of False Gods

TWO

INTO THE DARK:

An Extinction-Level Event

PART II

WE ARE NOT ALONE

THREE

EARTHLING AUTOPSY

Environment Controls the Genetics of Obesity

FOUR

ON ICE:

Evolution, Biophysics, and the Dark

PART III

THE TRUTH IS IN HERE

FIVE

DENY EVERYTHING:

Sleep Controls Appetite: Therefore Obesity, Adult Onset Diabetes, and Hypertension

SIX

IT IS ALL IN YOUR HEAD:

No Sleep and Too Much Sugar Make You Go Crazy

SEVEN

THE BEST PLACE TO HIDE A LIE IS BETWEEN TWO TRUTHS: How the Biggest Clock in Your Body Stops

EIGHT

10 SECONDS TO SELF-DESTRUCT:

In the Evolutionary Scheme of Things, Cancer Is Just the New You

PART IV

ONLY THE PARANOID SURVIVE

NINE

DAMAGE CONTROL:

The Rhythm Method of Eating to Sidestep Extinction

TEN

BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID:

We Are a Species in Peril

ENDNOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SUGGESTED READING

GLOSSARY

INDEX