Why is it important to get enough sleep each night? A. Because sleep requirements may interfere with exercise schedules B. Becau
se adequate sleep guarantees a stress free day C. Because adequate sleep is as important to fitness as exercise and healthy eating D. Because sleep requirements may interfere with nutrition requirements
It is important to get enough sleep each night because, C, it's just as important. When you sleep your muscles and your brain get to shut off and heal. This is where most muscle building comes from. When you workout you're giving your muscle tiny fractures, the reason you get bulkier is that your body rebuilds what was lost in sleep. If you don't get adequate sleep then your muscles won't heal as well or correctly.
The biggest breakthrough came in 1921 when Frederick Banting and Charles Best conducted a series of experiments one summer in the laboratory of J.J. R. Macleod at the University of Toronto. Like Minkowski and von Mering, they showed that removing the pancreas from dogs made them diabetic.
