1. Sleep can help reduce stress
If you don’t get enough sleep, your body can react by producing higher levels of stress hormones, an all too common result of today’s fast-paced lifestyles. Getting regular and deep sleep can help prevent this.
2. Sleep helps your body to repair
When we sleep our bodies produce extra protein molecules that can strengthen the ability to fight infections. If you’re feeling a little run down and don’t want it to turn into a full-blown cold, go to bed early and get plenty of rest.
3. Sleep and weight maintenance
Sleep won’t directly make you lose weight, sadly, but it does help you keep it under control by regulating the hormones that affect your appetite to reduce cravings for high calorie snacks and meals.
4. Sleep well for a better mood
We’re more likely to snap at a colleague or be grumpy with family when lack of sleep has made us more agitated, which is not a good thing for anyone. Your ability to stay calm, controlled and reasonable increases when you have better sleep.
5. Sleep to help keep your heart healthy
If we maintain a regular sleep pattern this helps lower the levels of stress and inflammation to your cardiovascular system, this in turn can reduce the chances developing heart conditions.
6. Sleep can make you better at work
After a great night’s sleep your brain is more effective and productive. Even grabbing a quick nap in the daytime can contribute towards making your thought process sharper and feeling more attentive and focused.
7. Sleep can help your memory
It’s harder to remember things when you’re really tired, which is your brain telling you that it’s not getting enough sleep. During good sleep, your brain is essentially organising and filing off all your memories while your body rests. So, getting more quality sleep will help your recall process function much better.
8. Sleep can lower your blood pressure
Getting plenty of restful sleep encourages a continual state of relaxation that can help reduce blood pressure and generally keep it under control. Higher blood pressure increases your chances of heart attacks and strokes.
9. Sleep could reduce your chances of diabetes
Research studies have shown that not getting enough sleep may lead to type 2 diabetes by affecting how your body processes glucose. The links are significant though not conclusive, but it is another indication of how important the benefits of sleep can be.
Whilst researching and developing The Pack Wolf Company 3D Contoured Sleep Mask I pored over a mountain of material related to how important sleep is to our overall wellbeing. It has an impact on quite literally everything, so it seemed too important not to share.
]]>The benefits of taking a sleep mask on your trip are many. Wherever I’m travelling, it’s the first thing I toss on the bed ready to go in the suitcase.
I’ve got to admit, I’m a bit obsessed with the ritual of preparing my travel essentials before heading off on a trip. It’s true none of us have been getting much jet-setting done this year and I don’t suppose I’m alone in having more time than usual kicking around at home, which got me to thinking about all this stuff I pack and why I love it so much.
Chief among all this kit for me is a contoured sleep mask. You see, I am not a good sleeper but I give it my all every time I’m flying. Longhaul travel in particular plays havoc with the body; crossing time zones on planes, trains and automobiles often leads to travel fatigue.
So, what is travel fatigue? It feels like a total exhaustion, caused by too many days or weeks of constantly being alert while you travel. It manifests as apathy toward travel activities that usually excite you, and a lack of motivation to enjoy local culture and cuisine.
How do you beat travel fatigue then? If you can find a way to magically fall asleep virtually everywhere then you’re well on the way to cracking it!
Whilst sleep can never be guaranteed, keeping a sleep mask to hand will give you the best chance of nodding off quickly. Lightweight, easy to carry with you, and useful in a wide range of different circumstances, a good sleep mask can help block the world out while you catch some shuteye.
Not just for sleeping, this travel accessory can help reduce stress levels or even ease away a headache.
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