Sleep

di Prof. V. Kintok (Autore)

Prof. V. Kintok, 2026

Sleep is not a passive break from life. It is one of the most important biological processes your body performs every single day. Most people think of sleep as something simple. You close your eyes, lose consciousness, and wake up again in the morning. If you feel tired, you assume you need more hours. If you wake in the night, you assume something is wrong with your mind. But biology tells a much deeper story. While you sleep, your body is doing some of its most important work. Your brain clears metabolic waste. Your hormones recalibrate. Your immune system reorganizes. Your tissues repair. Your blood pressure drops to give your blood vessels a period of recovery. Your emotions are processed and your memories are sorted. In other words: sleep is not "time off." It is the night shift your body depends on to stay alive, stable, and functional. In Working With Your Body: Sleep, Professor of Human Biology Viliam Kintok explains the real biology behind deep rest. He moves far beyond generic sleep hygiene advice and reveals why so many people spend enough time in bed and still wake up exhausted. This is not a book about "trying harder" to sleep. It is a biological guide to understanding what your body actually needs in order to restore itself properly. Inside this book, you will discover: The Architecture of Sleep: Why light sleep, deep sleep, and REM all serve different functions—and why total hours alone do not tell the whole story. The Glymphatic System: How your brain literally "washes itself" at night, and why poor sleep leaves you foggy, flat, and less resilient. The Hormonal Night Shift: How sleep affects growth hormone, cortisol, melatonin, insulin sensitivity, and appetite regulation. Why Modern Life Disrupts Sleep: How stress, light, screens, blood sugar swings, and a constantly activated nervous system interfere with your body's ability to enter repair mode. The 3 AM Wake-Up: Why so many people wake in the middle of the night, and what your body is actually trying to tell you. What Sleep Deprivation Does to the Body: From brain fog and blood sugar problems to inflammation, pain sensitivity, and accelerated aging. Practical Support That Works: A biological approach to light, routine, food timing, breathing, supplements, and nighttime conditions. The 30-Day Sleep Reset: A gentle week-by-week plan for helping your body find its rhythm again. This book is especially helpful if you: wake up tired even after "enough" sleep feel wired but exhausted at night rely on caffeine to function and alcohol or supplements to switch off struggle with insomnia, 3 AM wake-ups, brain fog, or restless sleep want to understand the real biology behind your fatigue You do not need to become perfect at sleep. You need to understand the conditions under which your body sleeps well. Once you understand that, you stop fighting the night. And your biology finally gets the chance to do what it has always known how to do. Stop guessing about sleep. Understand your body. And finally start working with it.

• Autore: Prof. V. Kintok
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Prof. V. Kintok
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798235857643