Why Poor Sleep Lowers Your Immune
System
Have
you ever wondered 'exactly' why we tend to sleep longer when we're sick? As you
might already know, we sleep in "sleep cycles". We can categorize these cycles
into "light sleep", and "deep sleep." But just HOW important deep sleep is to
our immune system?...
As
you read, it's during the first 3-4 hours of our sleep that we experience the
longest period of Stage 3 and Stage 4 sleep.
Stage
3 and Stage 4 Sleep is also commonly termed "deep sleep."
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It's
during deep sleep that we experience very low brain waves called Theta and
Delta brain waves. |
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Our
blood vessels dilate and all the blood that is usually stored in our
organs throughout the day moves into our muscles to nourish and repair
them. |
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Our
immune system also activates during deep sleep to fight disease.
This is why people tend to sleep longer when they're
sick. |
When
you don't take proper care of your inner sleeping system, you're usually at risk
of "poor sleep." Poor sleep happens for a variety of reasons which I outline in
the Powerful Sleep book, but the main "symptom" is the inability or the
difficulty of obtaining proper amounts of "deep sleep."
It's
very common for people who travel across many time zones to get sick very
quickly, we usually blame this on "Jet-Lag." However, jet lag happens because of
the body's natural body temperature rhythm being out of alignment. Jet-Lag
commonly creates a disruption of deep sleep, added with the stress of travel,
this is a perfect mixture for lowering one's immune
system.
Most
people live without being aware of all the actions they're taking in their lives
that are completely detrimental to their sleeping system, which are depriving
them of energy, and making them SLEEP LONGER than they really need to.
Fortunately, there are simple methods to take proper care of your inner sleep
system, and strengthen it for maximum performance.
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About The Author:
Kacper Postawski is an innovative sleep science researcher and the
creator of the “Powerful Sleep - Secrets of the Inner Sleep Clock” system on
http://www.PowerfulSleep.com. He can show you how to reduce your sleep by up to 3
hours, create more time, and an abundance of energy in your body by sleeping
LESS! Not more. He dispels the “8 hour sleep myth”, tells you what most people
never realize about sleep, and what the drug companies DONT WANT YOU to
know. Go to:
http://www.PowerfulSleep.com to find out more about Powerful Sleep.
