Sleep — Why You Need It and 50 Ways to Improve It

Most are in the dark about the awful side effects of this health-wrecking habit. It fast-tracks dementia and makes tumors grow 2 to 3 times faster.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Estimates suggest 1 in 3 Americans gets less than seven hours of sleep a night and more than 83 million adults in the U.S. are sleep-deprived

• Wakefulness is associated with mitochondrial stress and without sufficient sleep, neuron degeneration sets in, which can lead to dementia

• When you upset your circadian rhythm, the results cascade th…