How Rest and Sleep Affects
Your Health
There are many factors that will run down the body, and make you feel tired. Stresses
to the body can be physical, emotional or chemical. They can be caused from running a marathon, having
a hard day with your boss at work, or even eating too much sugar.
When you feel tired or sleepy, that’s your intelligent body telling you
what it needs. Pushing your limits by taking caffeine or other stimulants can cause the body to ultimately
break down. Lack of seep increases the likelihood of many different illnesses because it lowers your immune system, leaving you more susceptible to colds, infections and disease. In fact, sleep deprivation affects the
body much like stress, including weight gain, increased cortisol levels, distorted thyroid hormone levels, and elevations
in glucose and insulin.
Rest
is necessary for renewed energy. When we are adequately rested, we concentrate better and improve our efficiency.
Resting is definitely not a time waster if it helps us be more focused and effective in what we do.
Sleeping is not a time waster either.
When we sleep, the body gets rid of waste products, circulates minerals, vitamins and hormones, and allows the body
to naturally defend and repair itself from potential diseases.
