Getting a good night's sleep is incredibly important to your health. Regularly sleeping less than seven hours a night can put your health at risk. It is essential that you prioritize and protect your sleep on a daily basis. Even though a good night's rest is vital to optimizing good health, one out of every three adults don't get enough sleep.
There are so many benefits to sleeping, but here are just a few:
- Helps your immune system
- It may help you maintain or lose weight
- Affects emotions and helps you to better handle social interactions
- Can improve concentration and productivity
- Can maximize athletic performance
- It may strengthen your heart
- Helps with combatting depression
- Affects sugar metabolism... which can help in dealing with type 2 diabetes