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Measuring Sleep to Help Manage Athletic Performance

First Beat

Sleep plays a vital role in recovery both physiologically and psychologically. They also include accelerometer data which is used to assess when the athlete is actually asleep. The challenge with that approach, however, is that it can be quite difficult to separately assess the two aspects of sleep. This is not always the case.

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Probiotic Strains Associated with Positive Mental Health

Designs for Health

The term psychobiotics has been introduced to designate probiotics that can influence central nervous system functions and brain networks involved in emotional and cognitive response. longum 1714™ administered for four weeks at a dose of 10 9 CFUs per day attenuated responses to psychological and physiological stress.

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