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Less REM-Stage Sleep
Linked to Dementia Risk People that get less rapid eye movement (REM) sleep may have a greater risk of developing dementia, according to a new study published in Neurology. Following 321 people over age 60 for 12 years, Australian researchers found that those that developed dementia spent an average of 17 per- cent of their sleep time in REM sleep, compared to 20 percent for others. It also took them longer to get to that dream-generating stage.
Whole Grains Help Us Eat Less
When overweight adults exchange refined grain products such as white bread and pasta for whole-grain equivalents, they tend to feel full sooner, eat less, lose weight and ex- perience a reduction in inflammation, the journal Gut reports. Research- ers from Denmark’s National Food Institute and the University of Copen- hagen studying 50 adults at risk for Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease found that test volunteers re- alized these benefits by eating whole grains, and rye in particular.
Nature Videos Calm Prisoners
Maximum-security prison inmates in Oregon that spent an hour a day for a year watching nature videos were involved in 26 percent fewer violent acts compared with fellow inmates, and reported feeling significantly calmer, less irritable and more empathetic. The University of Utah study, pub- lished in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, states, “An estimated 5.3 million Americans live or work in nature-deprived venues. Such removal from nature can result in an ‘extinction of experience’ that can further lead to disinterest or disaffection toward natural settings, or even biophobia (fear of the natural environment). People that infrequently or never spend time in nature will be deprived of the numerous physical and emotional benefits that contact with nature affords.”
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