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How Exercise Improves Cognitive Function & Longevity with Dr. Tommy Wood

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The Importance of Sleep for Brain Health

Sleep is important for giving the brain time to consolidate and strengthen those connections. The absence of toxins or stresses that may inhibit this process are also critical. Sleep helps us clear waste out of the brain, we generate a lot of metabolic waste as we use our brain during the days. So multiple parts of sleep are really important. And particularly for that kind of recovery process.

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