am i to understand that sleep cleans that stuff out of the brain ? or was that a different headline I am conflating ?
This is an oversimplification of processes that happen during sleep. This has to do with fat metabolism in brain cells mediated through the effect of specific gene variants.
You're probably thinking of amyloid plaques, which were different and are now somewhat suspect as an explanation.
Need slim fast for the brain
You mean Fox News?
ba-dum-CHI
Nah, fox News is useful for ironing out those pesky wrinkles in your brain
Eh, I guess enough fat would smooth things out...
Fox news is like palm-oil-dipped-corn-syrup-fried-cheetos for your brain
Which also works in being something you instantly associate with America.
You know slim fast makes you fat, right?
Slim fast makes you phat
Turns you into Fatboy Slim
am i to understand that sleep cleans that stuff out of the brain ? or was that a different headline I am conflating ?
This is an oversimplification of processes that happen during sleep. This has to do with fat metabolism in brain cells mediated through the effect of specific gene variants.
You're probably thinking of amyloid plaques, which were different and are now somewhat suspect as an explanation.
Ozempic really will be the cure for everything...