By Joseph Mercola
Sleep is one of the great mysteries of life. For a long time, it was widely thought that sleep was little more than a waste of time. Modern research, however, has shed much-needed light on the matter, showing sleep is a crucial component of a healthy lifestyle, and that lack of sleep can have far-reaching consequences, affecting everything from mood, creativity and brain detoxification1,2,3,4,5 to DNA expression, chronic disease risk — including dementia6,7,8 — and longevity. … Read the Article