Sleep helps you to be more focused

Just think about it… the last time you had a good night’s sleep, did you feel unfocused? Sleeping can help you to be more attentive and sharper. 

Sleep helps you to maintain your weight

When you don’t sleep enough, there are changes in the levels of hormones that signal hunger and fullness throughout the day. This means that you are more tempted to choose unhealthy foods and this can slowly make you gain those extra few pounds.

Sleep helps your immune system function

Your immune system is important to keep you healthy and protect you from diseases, so therefore, sleep will allow that power in your body to be strong.

Sleep helps to protect and strengthen your memory

If you forget the simplest things, maybe it is because you are not having enough sleep. Two stages of sleep can help with creative thinking, memory processing, long-term memory and procedural memory. Wow…

Sleep helps to keep your heart healthy.

Heart disease, stress, inflammation to your cardiovascular system, high blood pressure, stroke or heart condition… sleep reduces the risk of these problems.

Sleep can kill pain

When you are sick, sleeping can sometimes help to recover so it is really important to relax. So that may help if you have a broken ankle. 

Sleep could reduce your chances of diabetes

It affects how your body processes glucose. Therefore sleep can impact how your body works.

Sleep can maintain good relationships

If you don’t sleep well, you can end up feeling grumpy. This means that you may vent your anger and bad mood to people around you, which can break good relationships.

Sleep may help prevent cancer

Melatonin, a hormone that regulates the sleep-wake cycle, is thought to protect cancer as it appears to suppress the growth of tumorx.

Sleep can make you ‘look better’

You will hopefully not have those tired bags under your eyes after sleeping, so you have that refreshed glow on your skin and it may possibly make you look younger too.

Sleep, as you can see, is vital and it may be hard sometimes to get those 8-9 hours of sleep but remember all these benefits. Try to turn off your devices one hour before sleep and also have an alarm to avoid oversleeping.

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