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THE SURPRISING NEW SCIENCE OF SLEEP

Chances are if you’re reading this then you probably feel like you don’t get enough sleep. But did you know that too much sleep can make you ill? Or that a cup of coffee before bed isn’t necessarily a bad thing? Cutting-edge sleep research is throwing up all kinds of surprises when it comes to our slumber…

1 MORE SLEEP ISN’T ALWAYS BETTER FOR YOU

It’s becoming clear that we need enough sleep to make the most of our time awake. There are recommendations for the amount of sleep we should get at different stages of life, with experts suggesting eight to ten hours for teenagers, and seven to nine hours for adults. But is it a problem if you get more sleep than the recommended amount? Well, a number of studies have highlighted associations between long sleep (which is defined in different ways, in different studies) and various

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