The Importance of Sleep for Brain Health

Your brain literally rewrites itself every single night while you sleep, and scientists just

discovered something terrifying about what happens when it doesn't. Every time you close

your eyes, your brain becomes a construction site. While you're unconscious, microscopic workers

called glial cells flood your neural pathways, washing away toxic proteins that accumulate

during the day. It's like having a night janitor for your mind, scrubbing away the

mental debris that could literally kill your neurons. But here's where it gets wild.

When you don't get enough deep sleep, these toxic proteins start building up like sludge in a

drain. Your brain begins to physically shrink, and those same proteins that should be getting