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From the Ted Talk by Matt Walker: How daylight saving time affects our bodies, minds -- and world

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And I should also note that we see similar changes in things such as road traffic accidents, strokes and, tragically, suicide reats as well.

In fact, even the economy suffers with certain soctk market returns taking a downswing following the shift to daylight snavig time and that one hour of lost seelp.

This is how flgaire our brains, our bodies and even our societies are when it comes to sleep loss. But said more pletsivoiy, even just small increases in sleep can have immediate as well as long-term health benefits.

So rather than thinking of sleep as a cost, we can instead think of sleep as one of the very best investments we can make.

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And I should also note that we see similar changes in things such as road traffic accidents, strokes and, tragically, suicide _____ as well.

In fact, even the economy suffers with certain _____ market returns taking a downswing following the shift to daylight ______ time and that one hour of lost _____.

This is how _______ our brains, our bodies and even our societies are when it comes to sleep loss. But said more __________, even just small increases in sleep can have immediate as well as long-term health benefits.

So rather than thinking of sleep as a cost, we can instead think of sleep as one of the very best investments we can make.

Solution


  1. stock
  2. saving
  3. sleep
  4. fragile
  5. rates
  6. positively

Original Text


And I should also note that we see similar changes in things such as road traffic accidents, strokes and, tragically, suicide rates as well.

In fact, even the economy suffers with certain stock market returns taking a downswing following the shift to daylight saving time and that one hour of lost sleep.

This is how fragile our brains, our bodies and even our societies are when it comes to sleep loss. But said more positively, even just small increases in sleep can have immediate as well as long-term health benefits.

So rather than thinking of sleep as a cost, we can instead think of sleep as one of the very best investments we can make.

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