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Vitality Supreme
·
Bernarr Macfadden
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One
often
hears
a
reference
to
beauty
sleep
and
is
often
asked:
"Is
it
really
true
that
an
hour
of
sleep
before
midnight
is
equal
to
two
hours
after
midnight?"
There
are
many
writers
who
claim
that
the
time
when
you
sleep
matters
but
little
if
you
secure
a
sufficient
amount
of
sleep.
It
is
doubtful,
however,
if
this
view
is
absolutely
correct.
I
am
inclined
to
lean
towards
the
old-fashioned
view
as
to
the
good
effect
of
early
retiring
on
beauty
development
that
is
based
on
health
building.
In
one
sense,
it
is
reasonable
to
conclude
that
an
hour
of
sleep
before
midnight
is
worth
more
than
an
hour
thereafter.
I
am
satisfied
that
there
is
greater
exhaustion
of
the
body
from
late
than
from
normal
hours,
and
it
is
difficult
to
get
the
full
benefit
from
sleep
when
going
to
bed
after
midnight.
At
least
the
nerve
strain
of
artificial
light
tends
to
produce
a
certain
degree
of
vital
depletion
that
one
would
not
experience
if
his
waking
hours
included
only
the
daylight.
Then
again,
there
is
probably
some
mysterious
influence
that
we
do
not
fully
comprehend
which
makes
sleep
at
night
more
restful
than
sleep
during
the
daylight.
Those
who
go
to
bed
at
midnight
or
thereafter
use
several
hours
of
daylight
in
the
early
morning
for
sleeping.
I
realize
that
there
are
nocturnal
animals
and
that
the
human
race
has
developed
nocturnal
habits
to
a
certain
extent,
but
the
human
race
and
the
animal
life
of
the
world
generally
have
followed
the
habit
through
the
ages
of
sleeping
at
night.
Without
doubt
a
revolutionary
change
in
this
habit
has
more
or
less
effect
upon
the
restful
character
of
our
sleep.
Perhaps
the
mere
question
of
light
has
much
to
do
with
it.
Daylight
is
stimulating.
Light
has
a
chemical
action
and
tends
to
stimulate
animal
metabolism.
Darkness,
or
the
lack
of
light,
tends
to
a
restful
condition.
Without
doubt
this
question
of
light
has
much
to
do
with
the
supposed
benefits
of
sleep
before
midnight.
The
old
saying
that
"early
to
bed
and
early
to
rise
makes
a
man
healthy,
wealthy
and
wise"
may
not
hold
true
in
the
matter
of
wisdom
and
wealth
in
all
cases,
but
there
is
no
doubt
it
has
much
to
do
with
the
development
of
health
and
vitality.
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