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Even a low level of light at night may disrupt your blood sugar

14 March 2022

Leaving even a dim light on while you sleep may disrupt blood sugar control, a small study in humans suggests
Spain, Andalucia, Jerez, Woman sleeping in bed, view from above.

Getting enough sleep may lower the amount of calories you eat

8 February 2022

When people who weren’t getting enough sleep took measures to sleep for longer, they ate fewer calories per day and lost weight without changes to their diet or exercise
Salvador Dali

Interrupting sleep after a few minutes can boost creativity

8 December 2021

A technique for interrupting the first stage of sleep helps people solve a maths problem – the same approach was used by Thomas Edison and Salvador Dali
ANKARA, TURKEY - MARCH 31 : A worker uses a metal cutter on a rail on Ankaray subway line during night shift in Ankara, Turkey on March 31, 2018. Long rapid transit line of the Ankara Metro system has been operating for 23 years. Ankaray operates approximately 180 runs on daily basis, with 11 cars. Length of the transit line reaches about 9 kilometers. Night shift workers compete against time while cutting old rails and replacing them with the new ones until the first run in the morning. (Photo by Mustafa Kamaci/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Night-shift workers who eat only in the day may cut diabetes risk

3 December 2021

People who work overnight are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, but the risk may be reduced by eating only between 7am and 7pm

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