To maintain good health and ensure the proper functioning of the body, it is important to get good sleep. According to experts, it is recommended that people sleep between 6 and 8 hours per day. If you sleep less than the recommended amount, you will feel tired, and your body can fall into imbalance, which can lead to mental and physical health issues. However, sleeping more than 8 hours can also make you feel tired.
Nevertheless, it’s not just the amount of sleep that matters—how you sleep is also important. Sleeping in a bad position, especially sleeping on your right side, can impair the proper functioning of certain organs.
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It Doesn’t Help Lymphatic Drainage
Sleeping on your right side is not beneficial, according to medical expert David Gavilanes. Why? Because it affects the proper functioning of the lymphatic drainage system.
The lymphatic system is responsible for removing waste from nutrients—from the cells to the blood—and eventually expelling it from the body. If this system doesn’t function properly, edemas can form, which are accumulations of fluids and other substances.
When you sleep in a poor position, it slows down the lymphatic process.
It’s Bad for the Heart
If we sleep in a bad position, our heart does not function properly. The issue is that most arteries are located on the left side of the body. If we sleep on the right side, it becomes harder for the arteries to transport blood because they would first have to pump it upward.
It Slows Down Digestion
When we sleep on the right side, stomach acids can more easily rise into the esophagus, which often leads to heartburn.
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