| We spend a third of our lives sleeping yet how much | | | | number one priority. |
| do we know about it? Our ability to consciously | | | | Once their needs have been met the immune |
| express ourselves, adapt and evolve is due to the | | | | system and digestion can be taken care of, but only |
| events that occur in our sleep. | | | | if there is still enough energy and nutrients to go |
| Why do we sleep? | | | | around. |
| We learn and heal in our sleep. To do this properly, | | | | Lastly the reproductive system, that's right, the |
| we surprisingly need energy to sleep! Improper sleep | | | | reproductive system and your fertility are the last on |
| leads to neurological, biochemical and genetic | | | | your body's list of priorities because its primary job is |
| imbalances. | | | | to keep you alive. |
| 4-6 hours of sleep per night lead to changes in | | | | Think of it as Christmas shopping. If you had a |
| memory and behaviour. In less than a week, | | | | meager year in terms of earnings, then you'll limit the |
| endocrine function changes resemble the effects of | | | | presents to only the closest family members and |
| advanced age, early stages of diabetes and insulin | | | | even then you'll have to pick and choose carefully |
| resistance. | | | | not to overspend. If you had a fantastic year in |
| Some of the conditions linked to sleep deprivation | | | | financial terms, then not only will you get something |
| are; | | | | special for all you love, but you'll also maybe donate |
| - Depression | | | | to the charity and get presents for your wider family |
| - Aggression | | | | and friends. |
| - Poor concentration | | | | Your body is no different; it looks at its outgoings |
| - Poor immunity | | | | and matches them against the incomings. If there is |
| - Stroke | | | | not enough for the luxuries, there won't be any. |
| - Heart attack | | | | Getting pregnant and growing a new human being |
| - Infertility | | | | with your own reserves, requires a huge amount of |
| Sleep and Fertility | | | | spare nutrients and spare energy. Therefore in the |
| The ability to get pregnant and stay pregnant boils | | | | body's accounting terms, pregnancy is a luxury, a |
| down to energy reserves, optimal nutritional status | | | | splurge of energy and nutrients. |
| and a clean non toxic internal and external | | | | Sleep plays a major role in conservation of energy, |
| environment. The only exception is a physical | | | | healing, metabolism, mental wellbeing, good memory, |
| obstacle due to malformation or severe scarring of | | | | learning and you guessed it - fertility! |
| the reproductive system. | | | | 5 Tips for better Sleep |
| At the end of the day, your body's priority is YOU. It | | | | 1. Go to bed between 9 and 10 pm |
| needs to make sure it has enough energy and | | | | 2. Aim to wake up between 6 and 7 am |
| nutrients to beat your heart, work the liver and | | | | 3. Don't eat for 3 hours before going to sleep |
| kidneys, breathe your lungs and of course feed your | | | | 4. Don't work in bed or watch TV |
| brain. Without the healthy function of those and | | | | 5. |
| many more you would not exist. They are the body's | | | | |