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Re:Is the Alzheimer's “Amyloid Hypothesis” Wrong? (2017) by meiraleal on Monday July 02, 2018 @04:40PM (#17445159)
Sleep time is the only time almost everybody in modern society isn't eating/digesting something. Maybe it has some of the effects of fasting? As it is also has been noted to have good effect in treatment for Alzheimer¹ and Diabetes².

1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5712566/

2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5394735/

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Re:Is the Alzheimer's “Amyloid Hypothesis” Wrong? (2017) by taeric on Monday July 02, 2018 @05:53PM (#17445663)
An odd claim. I would expect that we are still digesting during sleep. Especially since most folks used to nap mid day. (Eating is a fair claim.)
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