A thread on the snippets (paragraphs & quotes) from the book ‘Why We Sleep’ by Matthew Walker 💤
One third of our lives, better read about it.
This thread will be updated as I read further & further.
1/ “Two-thirds of adults throughout all developed nations fail to obtain the recommended eight hours of nightly sleep.”
Imagine if you don’t have that rare ‘short sleep’ genes 🧬 that allows you to do will less than 5 hours of sleep 🛌.
2/ It’s going to get ugly.
3/ Pandemic.
4/ Why to learn about sleep.
5/ ‘Are there any biological functions that do not benefit by a good night’s sleep? so far, the results of thousands of studies insist that no, there aren’t.’
Nature, the most magnificent architect.
6/ Morning Larks & Night Owls 🦉
7/ The evolutionary reason for ‘6/‘
8/ The most widely used (& abused) psychoactive stimulant in the 🌎
9/ Are you in a state of chronic sleep deprivation?
10/ The sleep cycle, each is 90 mins.
REM sleep aka Rapid Eye Movement sleep aka Dream sleep.
11/ Which came first? Sleep 🐓 or wakefulness 🥚
12/ Which type of sleep- NREM or REM sleep is more important?
13/ There is a simpsons episode where dolphins 🐬 take over the world. Why it’s possible 👇
14/ How do birds sleep during transoceanic migration?
15/ Afternoon nap is biologically ingrained.
16/ Be kind to teenagers.
17/ The Trillion $ Drug.
18/ Macbeth: Act two, scene two (1611)
Shakespeare prophetically states
“Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care,
The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath,
Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course,
Chief nourisher in life’s feast.”
In simpler words:
Sleep that soothes away all our worries. Sleep that puts each day to rest. Sleep that relieves the weary laborer and heals hurt minds. Sleep, the main course in life’s feast, and the most nourishing.
19/ Why All-nighters before exams never work.
20/ Practice is not enough to reach perfection.
21/ Google in your 🧠 ?
22/ Guinness 📚 of 🌎 records.
23/ YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW SLEEP-DEPRIVED YOU ARE WHEN YOU ARE SLEEP-DEPRIVED.
24/ In USA, Vehicles accidents (12 lakhs per year) caused by drowsy driving exceed those caused by alcohol & drugs combined 🤯
25/ A terrible story that could have been avoided
26/ “The recycle rate of a human being is around sixteen hours. After sixteen hours of being awake, the brain begins to fail. Humans need more than seven hours of sleep each night to maintain cognitive performance.”
27/ Remember the movie ‘Ghajini’
28/ A 5x increase in the getting of cardiac arrests.
29/ Afraid of gaining weight? 😴
30/ 🍁 (this leaf, but in green)
31/ How to loose weight effectively.
32/ On Testosterone.
33/ On Vaccines 💉
34/ Dreaming provides closure.
35/ Creativity via dreaming.
36/ He saw that in a dream.
37/ 2 of the best Beetles songs.
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