The Daylight Diet; Divine Eating for Superior Health and Digestion

I'm a big fan of Paul's teachings and this book was better than expected. It is intelligent and easy to read while being engaging. I have put his daylight diet into practice and have been overwhelmed at how much better I feel. I used to eat every couple hours and was constantly hungry. Now that I've cut my eating to 1 or 2 meals per day with no snacking or late night eating, my hunger has decreased dramatically. I also wake up alert in the morning without having to drag myself out of bed. Thank you so much Paul for your tireless work.

It is against your well being not only to eat too much but to do so at nighttime.His argument is that in order to function properly the stomach requires periods of rest, some other writers advise fasting yet Nison emphasizes the need to harmonize eating with sunlight that eating at night set the digestive system at work during the sleeping hours, routine that upset both the digestion, the sleeping process and mental/physical daytime energy.The off the mark practice of eating after dark detracts from our physical balance and strength and emotional energy, that eating at night is detrimental not only to the mind and body but also upsetting the daytime activity hours.Tonya Zavasta in Quantum Eating recommends not taking any food after two o'clock in the afternoon, which is what I have been doing for the last couple of months with excellent results.

Great book by Paul Nisson. It's simple. Eat in the day not in the evening. My wife and I have lost weight due to this type of eating.

Let's make something clear. The main concept of the book is seemingly very sound. Let me sum up the meat and bones of the book:"Go to sleep at 9pm, and wake up at 5am. Eat twice a day, once around 9am, once around 2pm, and the meals should only be raw foods. If you can't manage this (either at all or at least for now) then just try not to eat after 6pm, ideally building up the previous plan."That's the meat and bones of the book. Now that being said, the concept is good, and upon hearing about it, I put it into place almost immediately (I'll report back after 3 weeks with a status report but I am definitely feeling better already).Now don't get me wrong. Paul seems like a great guy, like the type of guy I'd have as a friend, and I have an affinity for people who are from New York as well. He has great wit and great ability to get to the root of things. I'm sure he's helped and will help tons of people with this book and his teachings and what I'm about to say can't take away any of that.Now that I've gotten his well deserved praise out of the way, it's time to take off the gloves. This is a book that could have been a THIRD or HALF of the size it is and still gotten across it's message. I have never in my life read any book which repeats it's points as often as this book does. Yes, we get it. 2 meals a day, Go to bed as the sun falls, wake up, eat 3rd hour... yes we get it man. I don't know if the book purposely restated the same information multiple times so that he'd get through to people, but it ended up making me skim. So many parts are repeated that it's extremely hard to recommend this book unless you're willing to slog through the largely unjoyable parts to get to the meat and bones.So let's continue. If you weren't aware just looking by the Amazon listing, Paul Nison has a deep relationship with jesus, and he doesn't abstain at all from frequently pulling on this belief and relationship and giving it to you. Now... I don't like this. I'm into meditation and when I buy books on the matter, one of the first things they do is mention that meditation does come from buddhism but in of itself has nothing to do with religion and doesn't conflict with any religion. The idea is inclusion here. The book is not marketed in anyway as a religious book and no hints are really given as to the the constant reference to his belief that people praying is "one of the most important things you can do" (I don't have the exact quote but this is close). It's simple... say you have a relationship with god, tell us what you read in the Bible, and that's where it should stop. When we pose something as a diet tons of people can benefit from on the outset, but then go into religious mode the moment someone actually buys the product, it strikes as dishonest and non inclusive.Ok so what's next. The book is long for what it is (200 pages) but at the same time many many topics and arguments are completely skipped over. I'm subjected to the same "ok you really shouldn't eat at night" but I can't get clear answers on the most simple questions.For instance. The review goes on to claim that people eating a diet similar to this can theoretically go on to running marathons because they're actually assimilating the nutrients and digesting them properly. I don't think that's too far fetched either. However this is where they get me. The author claims that he moved a bunch of heavy heavy boxes with him and his 70 year old friend while the bigger burly guys couldn't keep up. Then he goes on to talk about his friend who WAS an olympic weight lifter who now eats this diet. But then the author goes on to say "Oh well all you need is calisthenics" and "oh when I was younger I wanted to get big and strong but I realize this was immaturity" and "you shouldn't be doing extreme workouts". It appalls me that the writer can sit there with a straight face and proselytize this "diet" but then proceeds to do circular logic and not answer the obvious questions. So allow me:In what capacity does this diet allow me to maintain and build muscle?To be honest, it's in my opinion dishonest to go on to say "oh yeah if you eat this diet, you can go on to do marathons and you have much more strength and energy than the regular person" but then go "well you don't need to do weighted exercises". I don't image that anyone doing the daylight diet is going to be able to squat 315lbs just from the diet. So how does (or does not) strength correlate with health? Are you saying it's not healthy to cultivate strength to a certain point? Because at the end of the day, unless someone purely on this diet alone can squat 315, then when you say "oh but you really shouldn't", is that because of limitations of the diet? Or is that a separate belief completely different from the diet? Exactly what would you consider extreme vs your personal preference? CAN an olympic weight lifter flourish off of this diet, ignoring whatever downsides of being an athlete he has? These are the questions people want rather than the constant reiteration and there should be an effort to address those.I have a couple more points.First off, "The Daylight Diet" IMO is misleading. It should have the word "lifestyle" in there because that's essentially what he's asking you to do. Ignoring EVERYTHING ELSE, he wants you to start going to bed 9pm and waking up at 5am, otherwise the times he specifies doesn't "really" work as your body hasn't gotten a chance to wake up yet. Even that ALONE, the going to bed at 9pm and waking up at 5am is a MAJOR change to practically anyone living in this century. Then, he obviously recommends an all raw food diet, and then he recommends you only eat 2 times a day. He goes on to recommend these times coincide with the correct position of the sun (rather than time). He also recommends not eating to gluttony with these 2 meals. He further recommends listening to classical music, not drinking water at night, stopping TV / internet activities 3 hours before going to bed, and even throwing away your TV. He also makes audacious suggestions like telling your date about the daylight diet and getting them to try it with you (let's be real here: not going to happen and will most probably hurt you on dates). And this is ignoring all of the "you should pray" stuff mixed in with that. These are no small changes in any sense. Now granted... you can just take the piece of information that says "ok don't eat after 6pm" but there is a LOT here if you'd like to do it optimally.Another point: The author talks a lot about stimulation, and how it's bad, but he never elaborates on this. It's not that I disagree but when you suggest to people to make drastic changes in their life and give no concrete, logically sound reason to, it's frustrating because now I sit here anxious, thinking you may have a point, but I haven't seen enough information so I also think you don't have a point and I won't be able to relax until I do my due diligence. So for instance, the author recommends getting rid of your TV entirely because of stimulation, and he uses a lot of weird reasonings. I want to tell the author this: sure. You wrote this back many years ago. Even still, people choose what they watch on TV. A person can watch a specific show, tune out when the commercials are on, and not be subjected to that. In todays day and age, a lot of people own TV's specifically for Netflix & Gaming. But let's focus on JUST the stimulation of a TV and a computer screen. EVERYTHING is stimulation. Sex is stimulation. A enjoyable conversation with someone is stimulation. Food no matter what capacity you eat it in is stimulation. We as humans are built to function off of chemical reactions. Endorphins, Dopamine, Serotonin, Oxytocin. So... I'm open to the idea that some stimulation is "worse" than others, but you can't just make an argument and go "oh well that's stimulation so it's bad. Throw out your TV set". It's just an irresponsible way to go about your point.The author also almost makes some borderline insensitive points, essentially saying you "may" want new friends because your current friends won't mesh well with the new changes to your life. He immediately offsets the statement but the damage is done... there was no reason to say that at all.Lastly, the author has some elements in the book where he comes off bitter. Things like mentioning his ex wife telling him something and him going "that's when I knew I was doing the right thing, when my ex wife was telling me I should be doing the opposite thing. Also she wasn't very supportive". I just honestly think this should have been left out... what does this achieve, other than to make you come across as bitter and insensitive? And trust me, I'm not with the whole feminist movement, this has nothing to do with that. I just think you know... in a health book that talks about yahweh (jesus), maybe you shouldn't trash your exwife. I'm sure she deserves it, but there's no reason to propagate that bitterness. YOU know the history, and you know what your information has done for people. There's no reason to diss your ex partner on such a global stage. And the author also does this, when he talks about praying for his brother even when it's painful that they make the wrong choices or something. Again, you've essentially immortalized your brother as the bad guy. Why does this need a place in your book? Like... imagine if I believed in the power of working out, and I tried to get my family on board to no avail. Is it then appropriate to write in my book "my sister Jenny and my father Rufus refuse to workout, and honestly their lack of care is painful. I pray to the lord that he may show them the right path"? It just comes off incredibly pompous. You can't change everyone. You spread the word, and you hope you get some people to change, but at the end of the day, people are going to make their choices. The author admitted that his wife has different (possibly not as stringent and healthy) eating habits, but he doesn't attempt to persuade her and neither does she. But lo and behold, of her own accord of seeing the way he lives and seeing the books around the house, slowly but surely she's coming around to his lifestyle. This IS the method Paul. Not calling someone out specifically in your book.Again. The book has some absolutely fantastic ideas, and if this heals me, then this has succeeded where numerous years of other modalities, treatments, diets, and everything under the sun have not, and that's HUGE. So I can deal with the almost endless faux paus and meandering the book contains. But make no mistake, it is there. You won't see too much elaboration into any one thing, you'll see a lot of redundancy and "do this because I said it, but trust yourself" redundancy.ALSO. He has a 12 part series on Youtube that covers essentially everything the book covers. If you watch that, you "mostly" have read the book (aside from a few helpful notes that I wrote down which makes the book worth it I guess).Also, the author also doesn't talk about eating raw meat. He should look into this, as some of the contemporaries he bases his works on, talk about the benefits of eating non cooked, raw meat. Dr Bass possibly mentions it somewhere but just comment on this, do some research on it.Alright ramble over. Buy the book but just know you're in for a lot of nonsense. But the underlying message is good. I'd say to the author, it's time for a 2nd edition. Get a decent editor and cut down the size of the book. You mention in the book that it's important people read the full book before implementing the diet. If that's the case, you should assist people in that by making sure the content is succinct as possible so that people can get through it easier, and that would also make me want to re-read through it again, and I definitely do not want to do that right now. Clear up every single one of the vague points. Mention the bible and your beliefs and the affect it's had on you but you don't need to harp on it for the entire book (and if you do, mention that in the summary of the book). Get it down to at least 100 pages.

I AM A HEALTH NUT FROM WAY BACK AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST OFFENDERS OF THE DAYLIGHT DIET ON THE PLANET...JUST A NATURAL NIGHT OWL BUT KNEW INSTANTLY IN MY GUT THAT THIS BOOK WAS TALKING TO ME....NO MATTER HOW CLEAN I EAT OR HOW MUCH I CLEANSE ,THIS WAS THE MISSING LINK...I ALWAYS KNEW IT INTUITIVELY BUT WAS IN DENIAL...IM EVEN HAVING A TOUGH TIME MAKING THE CHANGE BUT IAM DETERMINED TO FOLLOW THROUGH NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I FAIL. THIS KNOWLEDGE IS VITALLY IMPORTANT!!! NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW, DONT SHORT CHANGE YOURSELF...GET THIS BOOK.

The author is very sincere in his earnest to get people to understand the Daylight Diet and not eating after dark. I think he explains it well and I already understand the value of it so he didn't teach me anything new. He does, however, often repeat himself and his research while I'm sure thorough and extensive for himself is lacking in evidence in the book to support his ideas. I wish he would have expanded on scriptural references and historical figures. He mentions them but doesn't delve into them.

If you want the simple truth about how to obtain absolute health - this is it.Many will read and know it to be true if they heed what Paul says. Sadly - too many will know it to be true, but will decidethey would rather keep their Standard American Diets. (aka sad diet)

I received my book is the best amount of time. I enjoyed this book very very much. I plan on buying many more books from Paul Nison. He is a health expert. If you want to add years to your life read his books.Thank you so much.

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