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Using Science to Optimize Sleep, Learning & Metabolism

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The Seasonal Effects of Suicidality

Every cell in your body actually knows external day length and therefore time of year by way of the duration of the melotone and signal. In diurnal animals, meaning animals like us, that tend to be awake during the daytime, and not nocturnal animals, tends to be more depressed at times when days are long. Compared to the spring and summer months, for some northern hemisphere, there's less melotoning. That tends to lead to more breeding, reproduction and fertility,. metabolism is up, limpid metabolism, fat burning is up. Protein synthesis is up. These things tend to correlate with the seasons. Some people love the winter, and they're happiest in winter. And

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