Tag: sleep
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Sleep
What is sleep The secret of sleep is no easy one. Over hundreds of years humans have investigated the “brother of death” as it was called at times. What is sleep and what is it for? About Sleep A look into the basics of sleep and the reasons behind it. Hint: It’s important. The drive…
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Melatonin – The secret sauce of sleep
TLDR: Light and through it melatonin are effective measures to control sleepiness and wakefulness in humans. Intro Every organism on earth is influenced by the sun. Without it no life would be possible, but the effect of the natural fusion-reactor in the sky doesn’t stop there [Rüth 2012]. It affects a human’s activity-levels throughout the…
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About Sleep
After a strenuous day of work, the most remarkable things happens. As the night falls, the common human enters a special room set up for comfort and protection, lies down and closes their eyes. For hours, the homo sapiens remain like this, motionless in a state that might appear like death. The phenomenon called sleep…
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Sleep against hunger
TLDR: Sleep has a strong impact on hunger. Low sleep quality and / or sleep duration greatly increases appetite and are considered base causes of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Intro Imagine you had a long night. Fun, games, perhaps work kept you awake and forced you from the normal, to the late and into…