Moriah Skiles

According to the expert, an afternoon nap lasting more than half an hour can signal dangerous diseases. A healthy person sleeps through the night and has no need for daytime rest. As noted by an expert, people who need a long sleep experience sluggishness throughout the day, which means they are likely to have a sedentary lifestyle.

Sleeping in the afternoon disrupts natural rhythms, which can cause a person to take a long time to fall asleep and experience sleep disorders. This is fraught with health problems and reduced life expectancy.

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In the course of their research, the scientists compared the dream content of people from two African communities whose lifestyle is closest to hunter-gatherers, namely the Tanzanian Hadza tribe and the Bayaka tribe from Congo, with the dream content of Belgians, Swiss and Canadians, both healthy and suffering from mental disorders.

Scientists obtained information about the residents of Canada and Europe from past work conducted from 2014 to 2022, and the dreams of 234 representatives of the Hadza and Bayaka were recorded by researchers in special diaries. In total, they analyzed 896 dreams.

Thus, the scientists revealed significant differences between the dreams of representatives of African tribes and Europeans. In particular, the dreams of Africans are more dynamic, their beginning, as a rule, is a dangerous situation, and the end – staging a way to get rid of the threat. Anxious dreams among Europeans became more frequent only during the pandemic.

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The neuroscientist spent many years researching and came to the conclusion that fate exists. He believes that people’s decisions and actions are predetermined. The scientist outlined his own observations in a new book released in October.

According to him, each of the neurons is influenced by factors that cannot be controlled. The same thing happens at the macro level. Researchers know very well that behavior changes significantly due to hunger, stress, fear and a number of other reasons. Often people themselves do not understand what makes them act in one way or another. As a result, their choice, according to Sapolsky, cannot be called conscious.

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According to the publication of experts, people have lost control over thinning ice shelves, which in essence represent ice ridges on the edges of the main ice sheet, which perform a stabilizing role, restraining the descent of glaciers into the ocean.

It is noted that ice loss in the region has been increasing rapidly over the past decades, and according to scientists, the vast West Antarctic ice sheet, which contains enough water to raise ocean levels by several meters, is approaching its point of no return.

In the new study, the scientists made a computer model that showed that faster melting of ice shelves has already become inevitable in the coming years as ocean temperature readings increase.

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As people age, they are more likely to experience glaucoma, yellow spot degeneration, etc. This is due to oxidative stress and high levels of glycation end products. The antioxidant properties of grapes reduce oxidative stress and prevent the formation of glycation products. Due to this, retinal health is improved.

An experiment was conducted with the participation of 34 people. They were divided into 2 categories. The 1st daily ate 46 grams of table grape powder, and the 2nd – the same amount of placebo. They were monitored for 16 weeks.

People who ate grapes had a significant increase in the antioxidant capacity of blood plasma. They also increased the density of macula pigment, which made their vision sharper.

According to scientists, to strengthen the retina and reduce the likelihood of eye disease, you need to eat about 1.5 cups of grapes every day.

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