The physician who made intermittent fasting famous has turned his attention to the something we are all craving during the COVID-19 crisis: a good night's sleep | sarzberry
The physician who made intermittent fasting famous and created the popular 5:2 diet has turned his attention to the something we are all craving during the COVID-19 crisis: a good night's sleep.
Dr Michael Mosley, a self-proclaimed human guinea pig, is in self-isolation in London as two of his sons are suspected of having coronavirus, and his new book,Tackling the secrets of sleep: Michael Mosley. Sleep is “really, really, really important” for our immune system, he says, helping us minimise the chances of becoming ill and to fight infection.
“When you’re in deep sleep your body produces these things called cytokines [a type of protein] and it also produces antibodies and T-killer cells, all of which are important to the immune system,” Mosley says.Mosley doesn’t claim a good night’s sleep can protect people from COVID-19, but says it “will improve your chances” of not becoming ill.took 164 healthy volunteers and infected them with the common cold virus.
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