According to TIME, a recent study indicates that the brain may be doing more than sleeping at night - it may also be ridding itself of harmful waste. In fact, in order to push out the toxins and clean the brain more effectively, the cells in your brain can shrink by 60% during sleep! More than just being a cool factoid, this recent research helps scientists explain one of the reasons we may biologically require sleep (which has actually been a mystery to philosophers and scientists since Greek times!) AND it may help the medical world harness the power of sleep to offset neurological disorders like Alzheimers. More research is needed but what awesome potential from something our bodies naturally want to do every day (and -- as was the case for me this morning -- sometimes for even longer than we allow! :-) ).
Posted on: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:12:40 +0000
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