加载中…研究：被子越重睡得越香……冬天起不了床可能不是你的错！
(2022-10-29 21:11:22)
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研究：被子越重睡得越香……冬天起不了床可能不是你的错！
Researchers from Uppsala
University in Sweden have found evidence that using a weighted
blanket increases the amount of melatonin - a hormone that helps
you sleep - naturally produced in the body.
melatonin [meltonn]
n.褪黑激素
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Researchers collected saliva
samples during the pre-sleep hour to measure changes in melatonin
and other hormone concentrations.
研究人员通过在睡前收集唾液样本，以测量褪黑素和其他激素浓度的变化。
saliva [slav]
n.唾液
The results found that when
participants laid under a weighted blanket for an hour before
bedtime, they exhibited about a 32 percent increase in salivary
melatonin concentration compared to when they used the lighter
blanket.
图源：Uppsala University
褪黑素（melatonin）是一种由大脑松果体（pineal
gland）自然产生的激素，它参与了几个身体过程，包括调节免疫系统、血压、压力水平和睡眠-觉醒周期（或昼夜节律）。
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褪黑素本身不会像神奇的镇静剂（sedative）那样让你入睡。
Its release, triggered by the
reduction in light at the end of the day, signals to the rest of
the body's sleep systems to kick into gear and get you ready to
drift off for the night.
相反，它的释放是由一天结束时光线的减少触发的，它向身体其他睡眠系统发出信号以开始运作准备好睡觉。
kick into gear
开始运作
drift off
渐渐离去；迷迷糊糊地睡去
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"Looking back at the available
data, it's suggestive that deep pressure stimulation with weighted
blankets produces a decrease in sympathetic neuron stimulation,
which means that the patient would be having less arousals or
awakenings when trying to initiate or maintain sleep."
“回顾现有的数据，均表明用重被子进行深度压力刺激会减少交感神经的刺激，这意味着人们在进入或维持睡眠时，不容易被唤醒或醒来。”
"This could be a promoting
factor producing the change in melatonin levels noticed in the
study," he detailed.
“这可能促使了褪黑激素水平的变化。”
图源：视觉中国
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