{"id":26154,"date":"2013-12-02T18:11:59","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T23:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/living-well\/2013\/12\/a-natural-secret-recipe-for-peaceful-zzzzzs.html"},"modified":"2017-11-28T11:59:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T16:59:41","slug":"a-natural-secret-recipe-for-peaceful-zzzzzs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/living-well\/2013\/12\/a-natural-secret-recipe-for-peaceful-zzzzzs-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Natural Secret Recipe for Peaceful zzzzz’s"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sleep is a physical necessity of the body. It has a wide array of health benefits ranging from better mood, better weight management, lower risk of injury, improved immune function, and experiencing less pain. Furthermore, studies confirm how sleep helps with brain function, such as assisting with storage of memories, recall, attention, and problem solving.<\/p>\n
Recently, the National Institute of Health provided further evidence that sleep is a necessity for cognitive functioning. Mice studies indicated that hours spent in shut eye helps to clear the brain of toxins through its unique vascular drainage system, the gylymphatic system. Interesting to note that this system is also believed to remove the same type of plaques found in Alzheimer’s patients’ brains. Could it be that the rise in both insomnia and Alzheimer’s patients over the past few years are a coincidence or is our hyperactive society a contributor?<\/p>\n