5 Benefits of a Good Night’s Sleep
12 March 2021
You can’t underestimate the benefits of a goods night sleep, It’s important for both your physical and mental health. A bad night’s sleep can leave you feeling tired, make you unproductive and make you feel miserable all day. So put your phone down, turn the TV off, get rid of any distractions and head off to bed and you will wake up feeling refreshed and ready to tackle the day ahead.
This article highlights the benefits of a good night’s sleep, which include:
- Improved Concentration Levels and Productivity
- Reduced Stress Levels
- Improvements to Your Memory
- Sleep Puts You in a Better Mood
- Sleep Can Improve Your Health
Improve Concentration & Productivity
If you want high energy levels during the day, which will help improve concentration and productivity, then a good night’s sleep is a necessity. Not getting enough rest can affect your body, brain, attention span, concentration, and productivity. Getting a proper night’s sleep can improve all of these.
Reduce Stress Levels
Work, relationships, health concerns, family problems, are all things that can make your life stressful. One of the best solutions for tackling stress is getting a good night’s sleep, without rest your body can produce a high level of stress hormones. To manage your stress levels its important you get enough sleep.
Improve Your Memory
A good night’s sleep can help improve your memory, if your mind doesn’t get the rest it needs your memory can become foggy. Just like your body your mind also needs to rest so it can function properly. During sleep your brain will organise information gathered throughout the day and converts your short-term memory into long term-memory, and you will remember things more clearly.
Sleep Puts You in a Better Mood
Can you think of anything worse than getting up for work after a poor night’s sleep? Nope, we can’t either. Giving your body and mind the rest it needs is important, it will drastically improve your mood. An improved mood can benefit yourself and the people around you.
Sleep Can Improve Your Health
A good night’s sleep can help improve your health, from keeping your heart in good condition, maintaining a strong immune system, to helping you maintain a healthy weight, a proper night’s sleep can work miracles.
B&M Top Tip: You need between 7 to 9 hours sleep a night for your body and mind to function at its best.
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