10 REASONS WHY GOOD SLEEP IS IMPORTANT
                     10 REASONS WHY GOOD SLEEP 
IS IMPORTANT
Sleep Keeps Your Heart Healthy
• Your heart will be healthier if you get between 7 and 9 hours of sleep 
each night.
• Lack of sleep has been associated with worsening of blood pressure 
and cholesterol, which are risk factors for heart disease.
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Sleep May Help Prevent Cancer
• Melatonin, a hormone that regulates the sleep-wake cycle, is 
responsible to protect against cancer.
• So a good sleep can protect you against cancer.
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Sleep Reduces Stress
• Your body will go into a state of stress, when it is sleep deficient.
• High blood pressure increases your risk for heart attack and stroke, 
and the stress hormones make it harder to fall asleep.
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Sleep Reduces Inflammation
• Increased stress hormones caused by lack of sleep raises the level of 
inflammation in your body.
• Inflammation is thought to cause the body to deteriorate as grow 
old.
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Sleep Makes You More Alert
• A good sleep makes you feel energized and alert the next day. 
• You can sleep better at night and increase your daily energy level.
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Sleep Improves Your Memory
• Good sleep is a very important time for your brain to make 
memories.
• Getting more quality sleep will help you remember and process 
things better.
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Sleep May Help You Lose Weight
• Researchers have found that people who sleep fewer hours per night 
are more likely to be overweight or obese.
• It is thought that a lack of sleep impacts the balance of hormones in 
the body that affect appetite.
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Sleep May Reduce Your Risk of Depression
• People with serotonin deficiencies are more likely to suffer from 
depression.  
• Sleep impacts many of the chemicals in your body, including 
serotonin.
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Sleep Helps the Body Repair Itself
• Sleep is also a time during which the body is hard at work repairing 
damage caused by stress, ultraviolet rays, and other harmful 
exposure. 
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