10 Surprising Ways You’re Weakening Your Immune System
Scrimping on Sleep
Due to busy lifestyles, many people ignore the importance of sleep, which has a direct impact on immunity. Poor sleep is associated with reduced immune system function.Lack of sleep renders the immune system unable to restore its defense abilities. This is because the body produces flu-fighting antibodies in the blood when you sleep.A 2013 study published in PLOS ONE reports that sleep loss causes changes to the system that regulates our immune defense. These long-term changes may contribute to the development of diseases.
