The Importance Of Sleep

Why do we sleep? www.ted.com Russell Foster is a circadian neuroscientist: He studies the sleep cycles of the brain. And he asks:...

Only in the last few years have science and medicine begun to understand that without enough high-quality sleep, our health and our lives unravel.  The lack of restorative sleep is leading many of us into a non-sick state prematurely and, likely unhealthy eating and lack of movement, degrading our health.  The TED talk above gives an overview of why we sleep and need sleep.

For additional reading:  Dr. A's Habits of Health; Chapter 17 Sleep: Nature's Nurse