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Article: Health Zone: It can repair your mind and arouse your body. What is the mystery of..SLEEP.(Features)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 6, 2000
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ONE third of our lives will be spent asleep. In an average lifetime we will be dead to the world for 24 years.
But while you may feel you are letting your body rest after a hard day, in truth its work is only just beginning.
Having a good night's sleep is a strange and complicated function but one that is vital for survival.
Now BRIGID MOSS reveals how scientists are getting to the bottom of just why we need so much sleep.
Recovery time
WHEN you go to sleep it isn't the same all night. You snooze in 90-minute cycles, starting ...