{"id":355796,"date":"2026-05-27T04:33:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T03:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=355796"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:38:22","slug":"benefits-of-sleep-to-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=355796","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of Sleep to Health"},"content":{"rendered":"
Many people take good sleep for granted. The pressure of engagements and unfinished tasks can take huge lumps away from our daily required rest.<\/div>\n
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Sometimes, the pace of modern life barely gives us time to stop and rest. It can make getting a good night\u2019s sleep on a regular basis seem like a dream.<\/div>\n
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But sleep is as important for good health as diet and exercise. Good sleep improves your brain performance, mood, and health.<\/div>\n
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Not getting enough quality sleep regularly raises the risk of many diseases and disorders. These range from heart disease and stroke to obesity and dementia.<\/div>\n
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There\u2019s more to good sleep than just the hours spent in bed, says Dr. Marishka Brown, a sleep expert at NIH. \u201cHealthy sleep encompasses three major things,\u201d she explains. \u201cOne is how much sleep you get. Another is sleep quality\u2014that you get uninterrupted and refreshing sleep. The last is a consistent sleep schedule.\u201d<\/div>\n
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People who work the night shift or irregular schedules may find getting quality sleep extra challenging. And times of great stress\u2014like the current pandemic\u2014can disrupt our normal sleep routines. But there are many things you can do to improve your sleep.<\/div>\n
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Sleep for Repair<\/div>\n
Why do we need to sleep? People often think that sleep is just \u201cdown time,\u201d when a tired brain gets to rest, says Dr. Maiken Nedergaard, who studies sleep at the University of Rochester.<\/div>\n
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\u201cBut that\u2019s wrong,\u201d she says. While you sleep, your brain is working. For example, sleep helps prepare your brain to learn, remember, and create.<\/div>\n
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Nedergaard and her colleagues discovered that the brain has a drainage system that removes toxins during sleep.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWhen we sleep, the brain totally changes function,\u201d she explains. \u201cIt becomes almost like a kidney, removing waste from the system.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Her team found in mice that the drainage system removes some of the proteins linked with Alzheimer\u2019s disease. These toxins were removed twice as fast from the brain during sleep.<\/div>\n
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Everything from blood vessels to the immune system uses sleep as a time for repair, says Dr. Kenneth Wright, Jr., a sleep researcher at the University of Colorado.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThere are certain repair processes that occur in the body mostly, or most effectively, during sleep,\u201d he explains. \u201cIf you don\u2019t get enough sleep, those processes are going to be disturbed.\u201d<\/div>\n
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The most recognizable effect of sleep is on the brain. It clears and refreshes the mind and helps us to think without pressure.<\/div>\n
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By: By Kevin Nengia<\/div>\n
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Many people take good sleep for granted. The pressure of engagements and unfinished tasks can take huge lumps away from our daily required rest. Sometimes, the pace of modern life barely gives us time to stop and rest. It can make getting a good night\u2019s sleep on a regular basis seem like a dream. But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67315,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/67315"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=355796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355802,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355796\/revisions\/355802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=355796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=355796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=355796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}