10 tips to help you sleep
Sep 24, 2021
4 minutes
By Dr Justine Butler, Senior Health Researcher, Viva! Health
Sleep is as important for your health as diet and exercise. It gives your body a chance to rest and recover and helps you retain and consolidate your memories. It can help strengthen your immune system. A lack of sleep can affect your ability to make sound decisions, may affect your appetite and has been linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes. Severe sleep deprivation may cause cognitive and mental health problems and has been linked to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
Most people need between seven and nine hours of sleep a night to
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