Sleep makes you feel better, but its importance goes way beyond just boosting your mood or banishing under-eye circles. Adequate sleep is a key part of a healthy lifestyle, and can benefit your heart, weight, mind, and more.
Sleep makes you feel better, but its importance goes way beyond just boosting your mood or banishing under-eye circles.
Adequate sleep is a key part of a healthy lifestyle, and can benefit your heart, weight, mind, and more.
"Sleep used to be kind of ignored, like parking our car in a garage and picking it up in the morning," says David Rapoport, MD, director of the NYU Sleep Disorders Program.
Not anymore. Here are some health benefits researchers have discovered about a good night's sleep.
Sleep improves your memory.
Sleep extends your lifespan.
Sleep boosts your creativity.
Sleep strengthens your immune system.
Sleep reduces your risk for depression.
Sleep improves your physical performance.
Sleep sharpens your attention.
Sleep reduces your stress.
Sleep helps your body heal itself.
Sleep helps you to lose weigh.
Sleep makes you more alert.
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