Dr. Mark Hyman

So I just did whatever I could and I kept moving.

What about sleep stress and your nervous system and why that's so important?

Well, there are hormones and growth factors that happen when you sleep.

It's the repair time.

When you sleep, you literally activate

You repair hormones.

Growth hormone is the repair hormone.

And when you have good deep sleep, you increase growth hormone and you actually will start to repair your body.

And that's what happens at night.

Cortisol goes down and collagen formation can improve.

When you sleep.

So when your cortisol is high, it's going to really impact your collagen formation.

You know, people often will see people with Cushing syndrome, which is where you have a tumor that makes too much cortisol.

You'll get these stretch marks because your tissues start to get weak and your tissues start to fall apart.

So stress will do that.

Also, paradoxically, it can increase inflammation.

So simple things you can do.

Breath work, yoga nidra, non-sleep deep rest.

Lots of tools out there on free.

They're free.