Surprising Health Benefits of Sleep
Go ahead, snooze!
Sleep makes you feel better, but it’s importance goes way beyond just boosting your mood or banishing under-eye circles. Adequate sleep is a part of a healthy lifestyle, and can benefit your heart, weight, mind, and more.
Improve memory
Your mind is surprisingly busy while you snooze. During sleep you can strengthen memories or “practice” skills learned while you were awake (it’s a process called consolidation). In other words if you’re trying to learn something newwhether it’s Spanish or a new tennis swingyou’ll perform better after sleeping.
Lower stress
When it comes to our health stress and sleep are nearly one and the sameand both can affect cardiovascular health.
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Category: Research and Statistics