Wellbeing

The Importance of Sleep

Inside us all we have an internal clockcalled the circadian rhythm which operates 24 hours. Throughout the day,a hormone called adenosine will build upin the brain which will make you feel increasingly tired throughout the day.

Written by
Georgina Grimble
June 8, 2022

Sleep is essential to every process in the body, affecting our physical and mental functioning the next day, our memories, our ability to fight disease and develop immunity, and our metabolism and chronic disease risk.