Sixty percent of adults get inadequate sleep and 10-30% of adults suffer from chronic insomnia. Inadequate sleep causes irritability, decrease in memory and learning, and a decrease in the body’s ability to fight infection. When you don’t get enough sleep, your body increases the production of stress hormones which cause headaches, heartburn, anxiety, depression weight
Sleep has a powerful impact on how fast we age. Sleep literally makes our bodies new. During sleep, those wonderful hormones that build and renew are released. At the same time, the stress hormones that break down our bodies decrease. Human Growth Hormone (HGH) increases while we sleep. HGH is the “fountain of youth” hormone.