Need to Catch More Zs?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) pays a lot of attention to Americans’ sleep―their sleep quality, duration, behavior and disorders. As the result of studying how well or poorly people sleep, they declared insufficient sleep to be a public health problem. The reason? Inadequate sleep is “linked to motor vehicle crashes, industrial disasters, and medical and other occupational errors.” Also, sleep-deprived persons are “more likely to suffer from chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, depression, and obesity, as well as from cancer, increased mortality, and reduced quality of life and productivity.” On the other hand, people who get adequate high-quality sleep enjoy improved creative and athletic performance, better memory, lower stress and longer, happier lives. In this article, you will learn about the roles that hormones play in sleep, what causes poor sleep, its effect on health, and how you can regain hormone balance to improve sleep. ….Read More