5 Reasons Why Rest Is Important For The Body

JAKARTA – Working and doing other daily activities requires rest. Otherwise, the effect on the body and mind. The condition of the body decreases to feel emotional exhaustion.

Specifically, there are 5 reasons why rest is important. Rest is not only taking time off to breathe and relax, getting fresh air and not doing heavy tasks until sleep is also classified as a way to rest the body as well as mentally.

Here, the reasons why the body needs rest.

When the body is asked to work harder each day, the body needs time to recover. Starting from the energy used, the metabolism that works to regenerate cells, to the mind that spends hours concentrating.

Rest restores tension, cells are also given time to repair damaged tissue. Without rest, the body will experience fatigue and muscle pain after being actively used.

Allowing the body to work hard without resting makes it easy to get injured. How did it happen? In addition to working muscles, body coordination can be unbalanced due to lack of rest. Activities without rest are more likely to experience muscle fatigue.

Reported by Alodokter, Monday, August 9, according to a psychology professor, fatigue due to lack of rest can cause household accidents. For example, falling down stairs, stumbling, cutting a knife.

All motor and cognitive work needs time off so that the quality of performance the next day is maintained. First, when resting with sleep, one part of the brain will consolidate memory so that it can still be accessed again.

Simply put, rest with sleep can keep memory good. Second, adequate rest keeps us active throughout the day. Every time you don't get enough rest, your performance decreases and you can't concentrate fully.

Lack of rest can be prone to stress. In addition, if we lack rest, the hunger hormone or called ghrelin, will rise, triggering continuous hunger.

By resting when you are tired or getting enough quality sleep, you can keep your weight stable or your cravings for snacking to decrease.

A study involving 150 people, sleep 7 hours and less than 7 hours a day. Participants who sleep less than 7 hours are more susceptible to disease.

This proves that adequate rest and sleep can maintain the immune system.