THE PROPER SLEEP CYCLE AND GOOD HEALTH by Beena Shah
Sleep is just as vital as food and exercise for optimal health. Let's look at how good sleep benefits us:
(1) It reduces your risk of serious health problems like diabetes and heart disease;
(2) It improves your mood;
(3) It helps your brain prepare to learn, remember, and create. so it functions more efficiently after a good night's sleep.
(4) Your brain has a drainage system that removes toxins and even proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease. As a result, your brain's efficiency will improve following a good night's sleep.
(5) Sleep is a time for repair for everything from blood vessels to the immune system, so if you don't get enough sleep, those processes will be disrupted.
(6) If you want to be healthy throughout your life, you should get at least 7 hours of sleep each night.
(7) If you don't get enough sleep, you risk gaining weight and raising your blood sugar levels
(8) A good night's sleep boosts your metabolism and makes you look younger.
(9) It improves your thinking power and allows you to focus better on your task.
(10) It strengthens your immune system.
(11) It boosts your energy levels.
(12 ) It assists you in losing weight.
(13) It assists in the prevention of cancer.
(14) It improves your alertness and intelligence.
