Health Tip From Health Service

“Amazing breakthrough, scientists have discovered a revolutionary new treatment that makes you live longer, it enhances your memory and makes you more creative. It makes you look more attractive, it keeps you slim and lowers food cravings. It protects you from cancer and dementia, it wards off colds and flu. It lowers your risk of heart attack and stroke, not to mention diabetes. You’ll even feel better, less depressed and less anxious. Are you interested? I am not describing a new wonder drug, but rather the proven benefits of a full night of sleep. The evidence supporting these claims has been documented in more than 17,000 well scrutinized scientific reports to date. As for the prescription cost, there isn’t one. It’s free”.

This is a quote from the book “Why We Sleep”, by Dr. Matthew Walker, PHD. Dr. Walker is an English scientist and professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley.

What is adequate sleep? a steady diet of 7 -8 hours per night (without the use of sleep aids such as drugs, alcohol or prescriptions for sleep).