The world can’t stop going about when it comes to healthy living, what it truly means, and what we need to do or add in our every daily life to be more fit. The thing is we truly want to be fit and healthy and we do so much, from investing in morning yoga routine to Satvik diet plans, only to maintain our A game when it comes to healthy lifestyle. Nowadays, we even have ‘healthy’ restaurants that serves diet conscious recipe to their customers. But in the midst of all this, we forget about bigger and most crucial part of our lives that goes in sleeping. After all an average human being spends about 1/3rd of his life sleeping.  Sleep is the most vital part of our lives. Our body undergoes several transformations while we sleep. It restore, repair, & rejuvenate itself to promote good health. Our quality of sleep and sleeping patterns affects our brain and body functioning such as the memory power, mood, concentration, metabolism and immune system etc. are all regulated and controlled by how much and how well we sleep. Thus, getting adequate amount of sleep is as essential for our health as getting the right kind of diet and proper exercise. But do we know how much sleep we really need? Recommended Hours of Sleep Experts have divided the number of hours of sleep requirement of an individual as per the age group he/she belongs to. These age group of an individual along with hours of sleep requirement per day, are listed below: Though, ascertaining the how much sleep a person may need depends on several other factors listed below. Genetics Every Individual has a unique biological cycle and every human body responds differently to different sleep patterns. Some individuals sleep long hours at night, others may sleep less at night but indulge in day time naps. What works for one individual may not work for another. Some individuals may need lesser than the recommended amount of sleep, others may need more, and that’s where genetic plays the role. However, there is no practical way to find out about one’s genetic mutation other than to pay attention to our body and its need.  Though some people, even after taking day time naps and sleeping for long hours at night, still feel sleep deprived. That usually happens when aren’t getting the quality sleep. Quality Sleep The truth is many of us sleep but struggle hard to find a good posture to sleep in, and when we don’t get one, we feel sleep deprived in the morning even after sleeping longer than the recommended hours, that’s usually leads to poor quality sleep. Poor quality of sleep has hazardous effects on our body as well as mental wellbeing. We usually feel groggy, tired and unable to concentrate after we don’t get good quality of sleep at night. The condition may worsen if we continue to be deprived of quality sleep for longer period of time such as, memory loss, moods swings, low sex drives, weaken immune system, obesity and increase risk of cancer and heart diseases. Researchers have found that a good comfortable sleeping posture promotes better quality of sleep as well as it can contribute significantly to our physical health and emotional vitality. But those struggles of night when we toss and turn and do the labor of adjusting our pillows throughout the night to get a comfortable posture, only result in disturbed sleep and lessen our chances of getting quality sleep at night.  Rather than adjusting ourselves throughout the night, its better to adjust our beds as per our liking. Adjustable Beds Feelgood Sleep Systems offers adjustable beds as well contour beds designed especially to ensure better sleep quality and optimal customer satisfaction. It helps us customize and align the position of our bed with our body so that we don’t spend our night times tossing and turning for a comfortable sleeping posture.  There are reported number of health benefits of adjustable beds: Adjustable beds are just not useful for good sleeping posture but also helps us provide comfortable position while we read a book or surf the internet. If we want to rest after a hard working day or just need a massage, its available only at the press of a button by Contour Elite Beds.  Some of the features of adjustable beds by Feelgood Sleep Systems are listed below : These adjustable bed can be styled and accommodated as per our liking and bodily needs. These adjustable beds are must in today’s restless lifestyle. We spent so much to keep our body healthy by investing in rigorous diet plans and expensive gym membership, then why do we care so less when it comes to quality of our sleep. After all it’s contributes significantly to our mental and physical well-being. If we are really concern about our health and fed up of finding a good comfortable sleep position at night, then its high time we say goodbye to those daily sleep struggles and says yes to adjustable beds.

Sleep and rest in general are very important to us and our daily functioning, it acts as a fulcrum upon which our lives are balanced. Therefore, it becomes very important that we maintain a healthy sleep schedule. Ideally, we should experience 6 to 8 sleep cycles per night, which amounts to 7-8 hours, which is what an adult needs to function properly. So, together we’ll walk through why sleeping well is important. Good Sleep Reduces Stress Sleep is a powerful stress reducer, it mainly entails two stages defined by the depth of sleep, as we progress from lighter to deeper sleep. our heart rate and blood pressure begin to drop and our muscles relax, our body begins the process of undoing the damage caused by mental and physical exertion incurred throughout the day, our stress levels are thus lowered, our body is calmed, the likelihood of impulsive responses is lowered and makes us less vulnerable to negative stimuli. Good Sleep Improves Performance at Work  Losing an hour of sleep every night for a week is equivalent to functioning without an entire night’s worth of sleep. This leads to tiredness, irritability and even warped memories. Crucially in this context, it leads to a loss of cognitive function, which makes us less alert and slower to respond, thereby affecting our workplace performance. During sleep, mental pathways are formed and repaired which in its turn leads to enhanced learning and problem-solving skills capabilities, which are essential for peak performance in the workplace. Good sleep leads to a Healthier Heart  Our blood pressure drops while we sleep, this reduces the stress on our heart and blood vessels, our body works in a circadian rhythm based on our biological clocks, if this process is disrupted, by an erratic sleep schedule for example, our body would have to produce more power to function at the same capacity as before, thus putting pressure on the heart, making us more susceptible to heart complications and strokes. A good night’s sleep helps us maintain this rhythm, reducing such risks. Sleep may help fight Cancer  Many types of Cancer, especially breast and colon cancer, are linked to the levels of melatonin in our body, a hormone that regulates the sleep-wake cycle, also thought to protect against cancer. Melatonin levels reduce with exposure to light, sleep is directly linked to a rise in melatonin in our body, therefore we are protecting ourselves against cancer by investing in a good night’s sleep. Good Sleep helps maintain Blood Sugar Levels  Many studies show a direct correlation between a lack of sleep and type 2 diabetes, symptoms of prediabetes can be found in adults who have been sleep deprived for as little as 6 days. It also causes blood sugar levels to spike, during the deepest parts of our sleep, our blood glucose levels drop, not allowing this means that our body would have a harder time responding to our cells’ needs and blood sugar levels. Good Sleep Boosts Immunity  Getting 8 hours of sleep per night can improve our immune system and help protect us against germs. A Good Night’s sleep maintains our immune system’s functioning and enables them to attack and mitigate illnesses more often. Additionally Good Sleep can also keep you from feeling tired and worn out. Good Sleep Keeps us From Getting Weaker Over Time  Good Sleep enables quick and clear thinking and allows us to react and adapt to situations quickly. People who are sleep deprived are more likely to make poor decisions and make uncalculated risks. This leads to exertion and tiredness, which is one of the key causes of stress, which as a result, leads to sleep deficiency, forming a vicious cycle. Sleep therefore is very important for the Physical Functioning of the Body. Good Sleep May Make You Smarter  A Good Night’s Sleep is an energising alternative to caffeine when it comes to rejuvenating your senses and providing a shot of energy to your body. Especially naps, which are linked to smaller mental decreases when compared with people who don’t take naps. Good Sleep Reduces The Risk of Depression  One of the chemicals that our bodies naturally produce while we sleep is serotonin, which among other things, is responsible for combating feelings of depression, sleeping less means robbing our bodies of the time spent producing the chemical, thus we start running a higher risk for succumbing to depression. Good sleep helps with Physical Feats  Research shows that sleep helps with physical feats and athletic achievements, especially ones that require endurance such as jogging and swimming. It helps with muscle repair and also boosts stamina and helps us with staying motivated and as we have already seen before, it improves our reaction times. Sleep thus emerges as an invaluable tool that isn’t just a byword for rest but has a deep impact on numerous other facets of our lives. Good Sleep, as many people find out, is quite elusive, it is dictated by factors that we often don’t take into consideration, such as body temperature and room temperature, the curvature of our spine, our breathing patterns, movement during sleep. The real tragedy is that we never pay attention to these problems, they have very easy fixes, make sure your room is dark and cool at bedtime, don’t look at electronic gadgets before bed, it might also do us well to invest in sleep systems, designed specially to solve such problems and more, and there might lie the key to a good night’s sleep. For more enquiries on Sleep Solutions and Systems Call on 1800 121 189 189