I think the food/sleep connection discussed here and here is fascinating, as is the self-experimentation aspect of Seth's work.

I usually don't eat breakfast, and I have a hard time getting up much before 10. If I apply Seth's theory about not having breakfast curing his problem of waking up too early in reverse: maybe eating in the mornings will help me become a morning person?

There is obviously a conflict there: how can I eat if I'm not awake? I guess that's what alarm clocks are for. :-P

I'm going to try something very simple: leave a piece of fruit or chocolate on my night-stand every evening, and set my alarm to wake me up at some sensible time (a.k.a. un-godly hour). Say 8:00. My only task when I wake up will be to reach out and eat the food, initially actually getting up will be optional.

After a couple of weeks of this, I'll stop setting the alarm and maybe try getting up as well.

It'd be pretty crazy if I managed to trick myself into becoming a morning person this way. :-)

This summer when I travel to California and Iceland, I'll be testing the fasting-to-avoid jetlag theory as well.

Yay science!