Sleep is a Blessing in More Than One Ways!

Sleeping is known to perform many significant functions like fusion of memories and recharging cells, but it has been associated with cerebral rubbish removal for the first time.

A new research study advocates that sleep is crucial to relax your brain cells, which shrinks approximately 60% and clean cellular garbage more efficiently. Researchers believe that sleep actually consumes more energy than that utilized by us when we are awake. This is proof of the fact that brain is not idle during the sleep, but is rather involved in performing critical brain functions. While the body is powered down, the glymphatic system activates up to 10 times more than when the brain is awake. It becomes easier for the fluid to clean the brain passages. When we are sleeping, proteins that are responsible for diseases like Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological disorders are also flushed out of the system more effectively.

There are two crucial systems, which are needed to be mentioned here; the lymphatic system and the glymphatic system. The Lymphatic system is responsible for sanitizing our bodies, which is not sufficient to clean our brains due to brain’s blood barrier. In contrast, glymphatic system comprises of a cerebrospinal fluid that makes it easier to reach the brain, and extract the waste products and other toxins during our sleep.

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