Poor Sleep Causes Toxic Brain Buildup, Exercise May Help Detoxify and Reduce Sleep Debt

Clear your brain’s ’metabolic trash' with exercise for restorative sleep.

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If you find yourself stumbling groggily out of bed each morning despite clocking in a full eight hours of sleep, your body may be trying to tell you something. Poor sleep wreaks havoc on your body in invisible ways.

While chasing more sleep may seem the obvious solution, new research reveals that the key to feeling refreshed and well-rested may actually lie in how you spend your waking hours.

Poor Sleep Leads to Metabolic Waste Buildup

“‘Sleeping well’ may refer to objective measurements of sleep based on the brain’s electrical activity during sleep cycles, which include light sleep, deep sleep, and REM—or dream—sleep,” Dr. John Saito, spokesperson for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, told The Epoch Times.