No Health Tip Knitting up the raveled sleeve of care. Sleep may be the cure for what ails you. Although sleep studies show that most people need eight to nine hours of sleep each day, many people only get five or six hours. As a result they are tired, achy, not alert and prone to illness. Sleep allows the nerve cells to store up chemicals, norepinephrine and serotonin, needed to negotiate the word.
Sleep also builds up the immune system.
Go to bed only when sleepy. Don't use the bed for non-lights out activities. If you can't sleep, get up. Don't go back to bed until you get sleepy. Before bedtime, sit quietly reading, watching television or listening to music.