You are how you sleep. Both in quality and quantity. The better you sleep, for the appropriate amount of time, the healthier you will be.

Sleep is vital for good health. The evidence is overwhelming that insufficient sleep contributes to a variety of unhealthy conditions including diabetes, depression, obesity and cardiovascular disease. Poor quality sleep is also attributed to an increase in worksite accidents and automobile accidents.

While the quantity of your sleep – 8 hours, on average, is important, the quality of your sleep is even more vital to your overall health. Your body needs sleep to heal and rejuvenate and to help you handle stress and manage pain more effectively.

When it comes to lower back pain, how you sleep can make a big difference in how you handle it.

Common household products are harming your hormones and overall health. These harmful substances are known as endocrine disruptors—chemicals that interfere with normal hormone function. Often derived from petrochemicals, these compounds accumulate in body fat cells and persist in your body for years, leading to imbalances in your natural hormone levels.