Guest Blog: Three Health Benefits of a Good Night's Sleep
Sleep is brilliant. It truly is. Just stop for a moment and think about it. It's completely free, you get to do it without leaving your home, you can do in the nude, it makes you feel good – and best of all it's great for your health. What could be better than that, I ask you? Yet for some reason so few of us do think about sleep. As a result we do it badly. Really badly. Sleep disorders are on the rise and it has been reported than 1 in 3 Americans are simply not getting enough. Study after study has told us that sleep is great for both our physical and mental health. Below we take a brief look at exactly what some of the health benefits are of a good night's rest. 1. Sleep is good for the immune system While we lay there dreaming of scoring a winning touchdown, our bodies are hard at work. As we rest many important processes get underway. When we sleep badly or don't get enough rest, these processes are interrupted. Constantly interrupting them on a nightly basis can ...