The hormonal changes of puberty, the menstrual cycle and menopause can all affect our sleep, but there are also subtler ways that hormones and sleep interact. We are starting to see that this relationship goes both ways: as much as our hormones affect how we sleep, how we sleep influences how the body processes, metabolises and releases various hormones A better understanding of this relationship could improve both our sleep and our general health. But, like a lot of relationships, it is complicated. The good news is that it is possible to improve parts of the relationship between sleep and hormones.
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