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Sleep Lying Flat Rather Than Reclined
Lying down improves heat dissipation and reduction in core body temperature compared with sleeping inclined, which may improve sleep onset and quality.
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“It turns out that the body's ability to dissipate heat, what we call thermoregulation here, and thermoregulation in one direction, which is the reduction in core body temperature, is superior when you are lying down versus when you are inclined versus when you are standing up.”
huberman · Dr. Matt Walker: The Biology of Sleep & Your Unique Sleep Needs | Huberman Lab Guest Series · Apr 3, 2024 · 50:50 · open ↗
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