Sleep and recharge

Memory Storage 

• With adequate sleep, the brain stores more information learned into the long-term storage of the brain. Meaning you will remember more of the stuff you study or learn with more sleep. 

• Do not try all-nighters before an exam because your brain will not be able to retain most of the information crammed. 

Body Recovery

• Just like the brain the body needs adequate sleep as well to repair muscles and bones after exercising. Sleeping 7 hours or more will increase repair.

Immune System

• We must sleep adequately to allow the immune system to fight infection, foreign objects from invading the body, and tissue repair. Lack of sleep will suppress the immune system.

Weight loss

• Sleeping well helps the bodies hunger-regulating hormones work efficiently. 

• Weight gain occurs because sleep deprivation causes an imbalance of the hunger-regulating hormones in the body that tell a person when they have an empty stomach or a full stomach. This imbalance leads to sleep deprived individuals to feel hungry when they actually do not need to eat.

Mood Sharping and Alertness

• With more sleep​ the better we feel and the more we want to accomplish. Sleeping more helps us pay attention and stay alert. When people deprive themselves of sleep it leaves them feeling drowsy and may cause a decreased attention span.