European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 stars and stripes pages body sleep your Way to the top study shows that rest helps athletes improve getting a Good nights sleep has its such As reduced fatigue and better concen for the benefits May be even bigger faster Speed and improved those Are the findings from a albeit Small study in which College basketball players fared better on sprints and free throws after sleeping More than they normally athletes understand How important training and nutria but theres a third Compo nent that makes a big difference in How they perform says Cheri Lead author of the study presented last week at the associated professional sleep societies meeting in a researcher at the Stanford sleep disorders clinic and research says athletes often Arent counselled i times a week on sprints and free throws after team sprint times improved by a second by the end of the study compared with on a 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athletes think that fatigue is a previous study on sleep deprivation published in 1999 in the lancet found that less sleep resulted in impaired glucose which affects How the body stores and processes glucose for even for the weekend basketball More of sleep a night below the to 10 hours recommended by sleep experts for adolescents and Young the study followed six Stanford basketball Ages 18 to their 2006 playing sle for two weeks they followed Normal sleep then they were Tola to sleep As much As they could of six with a goal of 10 hours a and to maintain a regular sleeping and waking sleep could says Mah getting a Little extra during both the players were tested several sleep will give you that Little bit c c o o co not All oils should be avoided fats and oils Are part of a healthful your body needs some dietary fat to function the Type of fat makes a difference to heart the 2005 dietary guide lines for americans recommends that most dietary fat come from nuts and vegetable sources of 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