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8 Things That Happen to Your Body While You Sleep

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Your body goes through a number of changes as you sleep, allowing you to get the rest you need for overall health. Sleeping helps the body and brain calm down and participate in healing processes, improving both mental and physical performance.

When you don’t get enough sleep, these essential functions are interrupted, which has an impact on your mood, energy levels, thinking, and concentration. Therefore, it’s important to acquire the necessary amount of sleep, which for adults is between seven and nine hours and for kids and teenagers is a little bit more. 

It is undeniable, however, that when we get enough quality sleep, both our physical and mental health improve, as does our ability to function during the day.

What do we understand about the brain’s functioning while we sleep? Scientists are continually discovering new information about the brain’s activity. Are there any answers, or is it all a complete mystery?

Here are some of the most interesting things that your body does while you are sleeping. 

10 Body Parts You Are Not Washing Enough

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…Did you know that you have certain body parts that you are not washing enough?

You might think that taking a shower every day and rubbing your body with lots of gels, soap bars, and sponges might be enough for keeping you clean, fresh, and away from nasty bacteria.

According to experts, this is not enough. They explained that there are actually many body parts that people don’t give as much attention to as they should.

As we all already know, good hygiene starts with washing your body every day or at least every two days, in order to prevent bacteria. We were curious to find out more about these neglected areas, so we’ve talked to several experts.

Here are 10 body parts you are not washing enough!