Your Glymphatic System and Sleep

Are you among the millions of people who wrestle with the frustrating, energy-draining issue of elusive sleep?

When you don’t sleep well, it’s not just fatigue and brain fog that you need to worry about; the repercussions echo throughout your entire body! https://blog.drsundardas.com/does-your-sleep-refresh-you/

Poor sleep can hamper your immune system, making you more susceptible to infections. It can disrupt your hormones, leading to mood swings and weight gain, and can impact your appetite

Lack of sleep is linked to an increased risk of developing chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, and stroke. It can affect your cognitive functions, impairing memory, attention, and decision-making abilities

Lack of sleep puts your emotional well-being at stake, as sleep deprivation can trigger stress, anxiety, and depression.  https://blog.drsundardas.com/is-your-nervous-system-running-you-down/

Lastly, poor sleep hinders the body’s repair work — tissue growth, muscle repair, and synthesis of essential molecules all happen during sleep

When your sleep quality dwindles, your overall health and wellness pay the price!

Deep sleep plays a crucial role in the optimal functioning of the brain microbiome, including necessary nightly brain detoxification. And when you don’t get it, your body suffers.

But how?

The glymphatic system is one of the key systems working tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure your brain’s health.

Unearthed only in 2015, the glymphatic system’s waste clearance powerhouse facilitates the nightly removal of toxins and metabolic waste from the brain. Its work, however, doesn’t stop there. It also has structural and functional features that may be connected with neurological and neurodegenerative conditions .It enhance neuroplasticity.  (https://www.sundardasnaturopathy.com/neuroplasticity)           

But here’s the catch — the glymphatic system becomes active when we are in either deep sleep or REM. This is where dreaming, a component of REM sleep, plays a critical role in supporting proper brain detoxification. Dreams are a conduit to another dimension of thinking, removing waste, promoting brain detoxification, and restoring psychological balance. A well-balanced mind necessitates dreaming.

GABA: A crucial neurotransmitter in the brain known for its role in learning, memory, and particularly long-term memory.

L-THEANINE: An amino acid well known to promote restful sleep and improve certain aspects of cognitive function, like attention and memory

People who use formulas that include the above report experiencing ease in falling asleep, improved quality of sleep, increased energy upon awakening, improved mood, focus, and attention, and increased quality and quantity of dreams.

These products also calm an overloaded nervous system and maintains internal balance. It influences deeper sleep, which further supports the glymphatic system, a key route of detoxification for stress-induced toxins.

This all contributes to rejuvenating your body’s built-in mechanisms to detoxify and heal, ensuring restorative sleep and energetic mornings.

We have helped individuals recover from chronic sleep issues with a combinations of functional medicine and osteopathic techniques

If you need help you can click HERE to review your lifestyle choices and find out what you can do to improve it. Health and Wellness Assessment

We are here for you at Sundardas Naturopathic Clinic.

Yours in Health,

Prof Sundardas D Annamalay

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