Why you wake up several times a night and have a hard time falling asleep: 5 key causes

The good night sleep is crucial for proper body function. According to the School of Public Health, “sleep is essential to every process in the body, affecting our physical and mental functioning the next day, our ability to fight disease and develop immunity, and our metabolism and chronic disease risk. Sleep is truly interdisciplinary because it touches every aspect of health.”

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Sleep deprivation, however, occurs more often than we think. A number of people experience problems falling asleep, a condition known as a sleep disorder or insomnia.

So what interrupts our sleep?

We spend around 33% of our life sleeping and we should do all in our power not to throw our sleep out of its cycle.

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