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The New Science Of The Body Clock And How It Can Revolutionise Your Sleep and Health with Professor Russell Foster #292

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

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**We’ve Undervalued Sleep, Heart Attack Risk and more **

Sleep is crucial for memory consolidation and problem-solving, as well as for the elimination of beta-amyloid associated with dementia. Sleep deprivation can lead to a negative worldview as tired brains remember negative experiences but forget positive ones. Additionally, heart attacks and strokes are almost 50% more likely to occur between 6 am and 12 noon due to the biological switch from the sleep state to the active state, resulting in increased blood pressure and stickiness of platelets. Taking anti-stroke and anti-hypertensive medication before bedtime can significantly reduce the risk of stroke or heart attack.

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