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研究：被子越重睡得越香,"重力被"有学问...
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. 瑞典乌普萨拉大学的研究人员发现，使用重被子可以增加体内自然产生的褪黑素的数量（褪黑素是一种有助于睡眠的激素）。 melatonin [ˌmeləˈtoʊnɪn] n.褪黑激素
盖重被子会产生更多褪黑素
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 [səˈlaɪvə] 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.
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
"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。”