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Sleep and Stress: How They Affect Your Health

  Most people think about diet and exercise when it comes to health. But if you’re constantly stressed and not sleeping well, even the cleanest meal plan or the toughest workout won’t deliver results. Sleep and stress are like invisible forces running the show — and when they’re out of balance, your health, energy, and mood take a hit. Understanding how sleep and stress affect your health could be the missing piece, whether you're a busy professional buried under deadlines, a young couple balancing professions and family planning, or a parent operating on fumes. Sleep and stress feed off each other in what’s called the sleep–stress cycle . One bad night’s sleep leaves your body stressed out the next day. Chronic stress keeps your brain wired at night, making it harder to sleep. It’s a vicious loop: poor sleep raises stress hormones, and high stress sabotages sleep. Left unchecked, this cycle drains your energy reserves, damages your immune system, and even shortens your lifespan. T...