5 reasons why your sleep is as important for your health as your diet

<p>5 Reasons why sleep is AS important as your diet for your health &nbsp;&nbsp;sleep is important but yet has been downplayed in our new information age. Especially with the new age Mantra of “HUSTLE “ ;“ I will sleep &nbsp;When I am dead “ etc . &nbsp;</p> <p>But there is resounding research &nbsp;On why we should be getting good sleep . Not only in quantity but also in quality . &nbsp;</p> <p>Here are 5 reasons &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>1- &nbsp;Not getting enough sleep is strongly linked with an increased risk of Heart disease and stroke .</p> <p>- <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21300732/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6463000/ ">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21300732/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6463000/ &nbsp;&nbsp;</a></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;2- Adequate sleep improves your immune function &nbsp;Poor sleep is seen to affect your NK cells - Natural killer cells - &nbsp;These cells play a huge role in the immune system&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8621064/">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8621064/</a></p> <p>&nbsp;3- Poor or inadequate sleep is strongly linked to weight gain &nbsp;&nbsp;This is multifactorial but &nbsp;peer reviewed studies have shown a consistent Association with poor sleep and obesity &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;4- Poor sleep can pre dispose you to diabetes &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Poor sleep is also known to affect insulin resistance in body cells this &nbsp;Predisposing the person to type 2 diabetes&nbsp;</p> <p><a href=" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20585000/ ">&nbsp;https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20585000/&nbsp;</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>5- &nbsp;Good sleep improves memory - - Good sleep the brain is still active Processing the day and thoughts and this is the stage &nbsp;of memory consolidation .</p> <p><br></p> <p>Follow on IG- <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dioscuri2/">https://www.instagram.com/dioscuri2/</a></p>