1 in 3 of us are affected by poor sleep.
Not so long ago, sleep was underestimated by many of us, including the medical profession. Recent scientific studies have revealed that sleep is not only more critical than first thought, but also focusing on and improving your sleeping habits is equally important to your health as exercise and diet.
A healthy sleep regime can provide some amazing benefits for you; below we summarise our top 5.
1 Mental Agility
Sleep enhances your memory, cognitive function, and learning.
Whether you're a high responsibility decision-maker, or looking to start or further your career path; sleep enables you to perform closest to you best more consistently. Sleep is also the part of the day when your memories are processed and stored and hence, when you commit learning to memory.
2 Reduce Stress and Anxiety
Recent studies have shown that there is a direct link between mental wellbeing and sleep. We all know the feeling of having had too little sleep. Poor sleeping habits have now been attributed to depression, stress and anxiety and are directly linked to bipolar condition. For the majority of us, a good night's sleep makes us feel happier and perform better.
3 Lowers Risk of Serious Disease
Sleep not only provides a boost to your immune system warding off colds and flu. Good sleep also helps in speeding up your recovery. Scientists have now proven a direct link between sleep and cancer and dementia, sleeping well protects you from both.
For the majority of us, a good night's sleep makes us feel happier and perform better.
4 Protects your Heart
Want to lower your risk of heart attacks and stroke? Then yes sleep is as an important component in this. It has been linked with both blood pressure and cholesterol. To avoid this adults should be sleeping between 7-9 hours a night.
5 Helps to maintain a healthy weight as well as protect from Diabetes
Sleeping well helps to keep you slim, it has been proven that people who sleep less than the recommended hours each evening are more likely to crave food the next day. The science links sleep to the balance of hormones that regulate appetite. Ths same stress hormones that sleep helps to regulate and remove overnight are directly linked to inflammation, which in turn has a positive effect on your risk of becoming diabetic.
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