Many people understand the implications of sacrificing sleep and the detrimental effects of sleep deprivation; however, many are not conscious of the importance of the manner in which you sleep and how your health can be implicated. This guide will break down for you how each sleeping position could be affecting your overall health.
Sleep deprivation has the same effect on your immune system as physical stress or illness, which helps explain why lack of sleep has been shown to raise your risk of numerous chronic diseases. Sleep is also intricately tied to important hormone levels, including melatonin — an antioxidant with powerful anticancer activity — which is diminished by lack of sleep, and to brain detoxification and rejuvenation, which only occur during deep sleep.
There’s a lot about sleep that we don’t understand, like why we even sleep in the first place, for example. But we do know that sleep deprivation can lead to all kinds of health problems and not sleeping can lead to death. Here are more groundbreaking discoveries about sleep.
Do you work before 10am? You’re likely laughing at the question, as your alarm forces you out of sweet dreams and you play mind games each and every morning to pull yourself from the covers, douse yourself in water, drink a cup of coffee, and head to the office.
Chances are you’ll probably identify with one of these 10 common reasons why you aren’t sleeping at night.