A good night’s sleep is as important as eating well and exercising when it comes to our health – it allows our bodies and brains to recover from the effects of the day. ‘Sleep is your life-support system – Mother Nature’s best effort yet at immortality,’ says neuroscientist and author of Why We Sleep, Matthew Walker. ‘Is there any process in your body that isn’t wonderfully enhanced when you get sleep, or demonstrably impaired when you don’t get enough?
The answer seems to be no.’ Sleeping pills act as a sedative – they may help you fall asleep, but it is not a natural, restorative sleep, and they don’t address the underlying causes of insomnia.
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