Your snooze button is probably why you feel cruddy all day

It's messing with your chemistry

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Sleep is great. We all love it. We all need more of it. And it isn't exactly breaking news that a lack of it wreaks havoc on our bodies in all sorts of strange ways.

But the quality of sleep we're getting is important, too. It's why hitting the snooze button every morning to sneak in an extra 30 to 40 minutes of shut-eye probably isn't doing us any favors, either.

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Chris Gayomali is the science and technology editor for TheWeek.com. Previously, he was a tech reporter at TIME. His work has also appeared in Men's Journal, Esquire, and The Atlantic, among other places. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.