The body heals and repairs during sleep
Jan 17, 2024
It is a common misconception that the body turns off or is not active during sleep.
The truth is the many organs in the body are the extremely active including the brain and liver. The body is very active at night and this is the time when it HEALS, REPAIRS and DETOXIFIES.
When someone is sick they are often tired and want to sleep. They may go to bed early, sleep hard and get up late. It takes energy to recover and heal from infections, injury and disease.
Day to day functions also need a lot of energy including eating and digestion, movement and exercise and mental activity and concentration. The body is so intuitively intelligent that when that energy is needed for recovery and repair a person is generally not hungry, nor feels like doing an activity that requires a lot of effort. That energy needs to be reserved for healing and getting better.
The desire to sleep is the body’s way to...