Sleep Munchies, Ancient Greek Ship Found, Relationship Trick

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🗓️ 20 September 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Learn about why you eat more when you’re tired; a legendary submerged Egyptian city; and a trick for keeping the peace.

Lack Of Sleep Really Does Make You Eat More by Ashley Hamer

Sleep Munchies: Why It’s Harder To Resist Snacks When We’re Tired. (2016, March 2). NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/03/02/468933610/sleep-munchies-why-its-harder-to-resist-snacks-when-were-tired
Circadian Surprise: How Our Body Clocks Help Shape Our Waistlines. (2015, March 10). NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/03/10/389596946/circadian-surprise-how-our-body-clocks-help-shape-our-waistlines
Brief Communication: Sleep Curtailment in Healthy Young Men Is Associated with Decreased Leptin Levels, Elevated Ghrelin Levels, and Increased Hunger and Appetite | Annals of Internal Medicine. (2021). Annals of Internal Medicine. https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/abs/10.7326/0003-4819-141-11-200412070-00008
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Insufficient Sleep Undermines Dietary Efforts to Reduce Adiposity | Annals of Internal Medicine. (2021). Annals of Internal Medicine. https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/0003-4819-153-7-201010050-00006?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmed&

We just found an ancient Greek military ship in the legendary SUBMERGED Egyptian city Thônis-Heracleion by Steffie Drucker

Berman, R. (2021, July 28). Ancient Greek military ship found in legendary, submerged Egyptian city. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/thonis-heracleion
Sharpe, E. (2016, May 16). British Museum dips its toes into world of underwater archaeology. Theartnewspaper.com; The Art Newspaper. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/british-museum-dips-its-toes-into-world-of-underwater-archaeology
Reuters. (2021, August 10). Egypt finds ancient military vessel, Greek graves in sunken city. Reuters; Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/egypt-finds-ancient-military-vessel-greek-graves-sunken-city-2021-07-19/
In Photos: The sunken city of Thônis-Heracleion in Alexandria reveals new archaeological treasures - Heritage. (2020). Ahram Online; Ahram Online. https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/9/417416/Heritage/In-Photos-The-sunken-city-of-Th%C3%83%C2%B4nisHeracleion-in-A.aspx

Writing about relationship conflicts from a third-person perspective can keep the peace by Steffie Drucker

Expressive writing reduces relationship conflict and aggression during pandemic. (2021, August 10). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/924973
Rodriguez, L. M., Stewart, S. H., & Neighbors, C. (2021). Effects of a brief web-based interpersonal conflict cognitive reappraisal expressive-writing intervention on changes in romantic conflict during COVID-19 quarantine. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cfp0000173

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Curiosity.com.
0:06.4	I'm Cody Gough. And I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you learn about why a lack of sleep makes you eat more,
0:11.9	how we just found an ancient Greek military ship in a submerged
0:15.5	Egyptian city, and how you can keep the peace in your relationship with a writing exercise.
0:21.1	Let's exercise some curiosity. exercise. into temptation and head for the drive-through.
0:32.8	But being short on time might not be the only reason
0:36.0	you eat badly during busy weeks.
0:38.4	According to research, lack of sleep
0:40.3	actually makes your body want to eat more.
0:43.0	Scientists have uncovered a lot of reasons why this might happen.
0:47.0	For example, lack of sleep disrupts your circadian rhythm,
0:51.0	which tells you when you should eat and when you should sleep.
0:54.2	But a big one comes down to the so-called hunger hormones, lepton and Grellin.
1:00.6	Leptin is a hormone released by fat cells that reduces your appetite,
1:04.3	and Grellen is a hormone released by the stomach that makes you hungry.
1:08.0	Studies have found that sleep deprivation is linked to a decrease in appetite suppressing lepton levels and an increase in hunger-causing
1:16.1	Grellen levels.
1:18.1	But that's not all.
1:19.7	A study in the journal Sleep found that sleep deprivation can increase the peaks of a chemical known as an endokinabenoid.
1:28.0	If that word sounds familiar, it's because it's related to the word cannabis.
1:33.2	Endokinabonoids act on the same parts of the brain
1:36.4	that marijuana does.
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