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From the Ted Talk by Matt Walker: Sleep is your superpower

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So that's an example of sleep for your brain, but sleep is just as essential for your body. We've already spoken about sleep loss and your rrtvdoiucpee system. Or I could tell you about sleep loss and your cardiovascular sysetm, and that all it tkeas is one hour. Because there is a global experiment performed on 1.6 billion people across 70 countries twice a year, and it's called daylight saving time. Now, in the spring, when we lose one hour of sleep, we see a ssqeuenbut 24-percent inscerae in hraet attacks that following day. In the autumn, when we gain an hour of sleep, we see a 21-percent rteoduicn in heart attacks. Isn't that incredible? And you see exactly the same profile for car crashes, road traffic accidents, even siidcue rates.

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So that's an example of sleep for your brain, but sleep is just as essential for your body. We've already spoken about sleep loss and your ____________ system. Or I could tell you about sleep loss and your cardiovascular ______, and that all it _____ is one hour. Because there is a global experiment performed on 1.6 billion people across 70 countries twice a year, and it's called daylight saving time. Now, in the spring, when we lose one hour of sleep, we see a __________ 24-percent ________ in _____ attacks that following day. In the autumn, when we gain an hour of sleep, we see a 21-percent _________ in heart attacks. Isn't that incredible? And you see exactly the same profile for car crashes, road traffic accidents, even _______ rates.

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  4. heart
  5. suicide
  6. increase
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  8. subsequent

Original Text

So that's an example of sleep for your brain, but sleep is just as essential for your body. We've already spoken about sleep loss and your reproductive system. Or I could tell you about sleep loss and your cardiovascular system, and that all it takes is one hour. Because there is a global experiment performed on 1.6 billion people across 70 countries twice a year, and it's called daylight saving time. Now, in the spring, when we lose one hour of sleep, we see a subsequent 24-percent increase in heart attacks that following day. In the autumn, when we gain an hour of sleep, we see a 21-percent reduction in heart attacks. Isn't that incredible? And you see exactly the same profile for car crashes, road traffic accidents, even suicide rates.

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