Sleep is a fundamental requirement just like food and diet is for the functioning of a healthy body. Sleep even lays the groundwork for a productive day ahead. Although most people need seven to nine hours of sleep each night to function well the next day, the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) 1998 Women and Sleep Poll found that the average woman aged 30-60 sleeps only six hours and forty-one minutes during the workweek.
Studies show that women need more sleep than men. "Poor sleep certainly had a more profound effect on women than on men," says Ph.D., an associate professor at University School of Medicine "One of the major functions of sleep is to allow the brain to recover and repair itself. During deep sleep, the cortex — the part of the brain responsible for thought, memory, language and so on — disengages from the senses and goes into recovery mode,” director of the Sleep Research…
