Just as eating healthy foods is good for one's body, bad sleeping habits can lead to a toll on your body and overall health, according to Deborah Pedrik, sleep expert and founder of the Family Sleep Institute at Stamford, Conn.
According to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), sleep is absolutely necessary to a person's well-being. The problem, however, is that surveys conducted by the NSF between 1999 through 2004 show there are at least 40 million Americans who suffer from more than 70 different sleep disorders. Furthermore, between 50% to 60% of adults report having sleep problems on average about a few nights a week.
Another problem we face in America is that most of these "sleep problems" people have, go undiagnosed and untreated. And over 40% of adults experience daytime sleepiness! Unfortunately, this feeling of falling asleep interfered with usual daily activities, minimally a few days each month