Lesson 3: Addiction And Physical Health - Slide  18

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Lack Of Regular Sleep Reduces Your Ability To Fight Infection

  • Lack of sleep:
  • Weakens the immune system by reducing blood levels of specialized immune cells and important proteins
  • Results in a greater chance of getting infections and a reduced ability to fight infections
Notes:

Pg. 168-175, “Sleep Thieves,” Stanley Coren, Free Press PaperBacks, 1996

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