BENEFITS OF SLEEP

When night throw its dark cloak across the sky, our brain starts to send out chemical messages throughout
the body, signaling it is time to sleep. A dramatic, swift switch from the daytime hormonal cycle occurs, to be replaced by nighttime hormones. Melatonin, (the hormone of sleep) kick starts the process. As this hormone buildup overwhelms us, we begin to feel drowsy and slide into unconsciousness. We may be oblivious to the world, but our body is busy repairing the wear and tear both mentally and physically inflicted during our waking hours. Sleep is vital in maintaining optimal levels of cognitive skills (memory, speech, sense of time, critical thinking and planning) as well as enabling our body to detoxify and do critical cell repair and renewal. A restful night of good quality, uninterrupted sleep will bring many benefits:
• Aids brain development
• Improve decision making due to Clearer thinking
• Improve Concentration
• Improve memory function
• Improve learning
• Improve creative, flexible thinking
• Improve mood
• Repair and renew body tissues
• Improve immunity
• Help regulate hormonal functions
• Help Maintain proper metabolism
• Help maintain balanced equilibrium of substances in the blood such as sugar, potassium, sodium etc.
• Normalize appetite leading to better weight management
• Normalize color perception