Learn How Sleep And Cancer Are Interdependent On Each Other

Adults need 6-9 hours of sleep each night. While we sleep, our body undergoes several important processes like clearing out dead cells, repairing damaged tissues, fighting infections, as well as replenishing its stores of enzymes, hormones, and other chemicals. Without these housekeeping processes taking place every day, we start to get weak and more prone to various diseases including cancer. 

While we sleep our body is also preventing damaged cells from multiplying uncontrollably and forming cancerous tumours. When we don’t get enough sleep, we are putting ourselves at a high risk of letting these tumours grow out of control. When we suffer from a chronic lack of sleep, our body goes into the stress response which increases inflammation in our tissues, and also lead to cancer. Furthermore, sleeping at irregular hours can affect our meals and the quality of food we eat. This could eventually also increase our risk of cancer.

For these reasons it is important to protect ourselves from cancer by getting enough sleep and trying to maintain a regular sleep cycle. You can find more information on living a healthy lifestyle in the Nutrition and Fitness sections of the Activ Living Blog.

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