{"id":1786,"date":"2023-03-15T15:35:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T15:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=1786"},"modified":"2023-03-15T15:35:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T15:35:45","slug":"why-sleep-is-so-important-for-a-healthy-immune-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=1786","title":{"rendered":"Why Sleep Is So Important for a Healthy Immune System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Experts say \u2014 and plenty of evidence shows\u00a0\u2014 sleep plays a critical role in immunity and your body\u2019s ability to fight against all types of infection and illness.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-32-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1787\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-32-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-32-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-32-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-32-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-32-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-32-390x219.png 390w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-32.png 1110w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sleep is when the body produces and replenishes its store of immune (read: disease- and germ-fighting) cells.<small>Stocksy<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your immune system \u2014 the body\u2019s key defense against germs and other things that could make you sick \u2014 suffers when you don\u2019t get enough sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you doubt it, consider the findings of a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/sleep\/article-abstract\/38\/9\/1353\/2417971\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">study published in 2015 in the journal&nbsp;<em>Sleep<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Researchers tracked the sleep of 164 volunteers and then purposely exposed them to samples of rhinovirus (the common cold). The more sleep a person had gotten in the days before the exposure, the less likely they were to get sick, the study found. Those who averaged less than five hours of sleep per night were more than twice as likely to get sick as those who slept an average of seven hours or more.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/sleep\/why-sleep-is-so-important-for-a-healthy-immune-system\/\">https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/sleep\/why-sleep-is-so-important-for-a-healthy-immune-system\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experts say \u2014 and plenty of evidence shows\u00a0\u2014 sleep plays a critical role in immunity and your body\u2019s ability to fight against all types of infection and illness. Your immune system \u2014 the body\u2019s key defense against germs and other things that could make you sick \u2014 suffers when you don\u2019t get enough sleep. If you doubt it, consider the findings of a&nbsp;study published in 2015 in the journal&nbsp;Sleep. Researchers tracked the sleep of 164 volunteers and then purposely exposed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conditions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1788,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1786\/revisions\/1788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}