10 Cool (And Crazy) Things Your Body Is Doing While You’re Asleep

5. Your Blood Pressure And Heart Rate Decrease

When we’re asleep, our bodies don’t need to work as hard keeping us alive, which means that during nap time, both the blood pressure and heart rate decrease. In a state of rest, your body simply does not need as much blood to work, so your cardiac muscle and circulatory system have time to rest and repair. If you have high blood pressure, this drop can be very beneficial, which is why getting enough sleep is so important.

6. You Lose Weight

The reason that fitness coaches and nutritionalists want you to step on the scales first thing in the morning is because that’s when you’ll get the most accurate representation of your body weight. Why? Well it’s because your body loses weight while you sleep, in a way, resetting you back to zero. When we’re asleep, we lose water through sweating, breathing out humid air and so on. Of course, we do this all day as well, but because we eat and drink, any weight lost is negated.

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Clare Whitfield Chief Editor

Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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