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Sleep on it – Don’t make a decision (like telling what you know about UFOs) until you sleep on it. People who sleep after processing and storing a memory carry out their intentions much better than people who try to execute their plan before getting to sleep.

Researchers have shown that sleep enhances our ability to remember to do something in the future. And our ability to carry out our intentions is not so much a function of how firmly that intention has been embedded in our memories. Instead, the trigger that helps carry out our intentions is usually a place, situation or circumstance, such as some context encountered the next day, that sparks the recall of an intended action.
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We’re not even sure why we need to sleep, but one thing we do know is that it’s hard to sleep when the person lying next to you is snoring loudly.

Snoring is caused by the vibration of relaxed and sagging tissues in the throat. As sleep deepens, the tongue relaxes, as do the soft tissues of the throat and the roof of the mouth. The tissues can sag into the airway, causing it to narrow. As air is inhaled or exhaled through the narrowed opening, the relaxed tissues of the soft palate vibrate. The result is snoring.
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In order to dream, we first have to sleep. Humans spend about one-third of their lives asleep, but sleep researchers still don’t know why we do it.

The function of sleep is one of the 125 greatest unsolved mysteries in science. Theories range from brain “maintenance” to reversing damage from stress suffered while awake, to promoting longevity. None of these theories are well established, and some of them contradict each other.
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You need BOTH to stave off cancer! – If you eat too much Thanksgiving dinner, remember this: exercise is good for more than just your waistline. Regular physical activity can lower a woman’s overall risk of cancer?but ONLY if she gets a good night’s sleep.

Cancer researcher James McClain says, “Greater participation in physical activity has consistently been associated with reduced risk of cancer?[but] short duration sleep appears to have opposing effects of physical activity?” In other words, a nap won’t do it.

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