The Sleep Lie and Why Everything You’ve Been Told About Rest Is Hurting Your Health

Published by Brainz Magazine

Executive Contributor Charlotte Phelps

We diligently educate ourselves on diet and fitness, yet sleep, the foundation of well-being, remains a mystery to most. What if our lack of sleep knowledge is causing us to unknowingly sabotage our health? Uncover the truth about the ‘sleep lie’ and how it’s keeping you from unlocking your full potential.

Did you know that 7.5 million Brits get fewer than five hours of sleep a night? For many years, I was one of them. Despite this alarming statistic and my own experience, sleep, the very foundation of our physical and mental well-being, is glaringly absent from most educational curricula. From primary school to university, it’s as if sleep is a subject too trivial to merit our attention.

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