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The Best Medicine: Exploring the Importance of Sleep

19 Year Old Shrink

English - August 17, 2022 02:00 - 8 minutes - 5.56 MB - ★★★★★ - 210 ratings
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In this episode I talk about the importance of sleep and the different stages. We learn about how sleep slows down heart rate, breathing rate, lowers body temperature, etc. As we enter the fourth stage of REM sleep, our eye movement speeds up and heart rate increases. As the episode continues, I discuss why sleep is so important and different steps that we can take to make our sleeping our environment better for us. Tune in to learn more! 


Sources: 

sleepfoundation.org