Want Quality Sleep : Choose proper pillow !

👉 Quality sleep is every one's need now a days. Due to many reasons sleeping cycle disturbs. here is one fact that relates to our sleeping cycle and its very common and affects almost every one. 

👉 MOST of us think  that  the  main  function  of sleep  is  to relax  our tired  body. But there  is one very important process  which  is often  not discussed.  Our  brain can clear out all the harmful accumulated toxins through secretion, absorption and flow of a fluid called Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) during sleep.

 👉This is the same fluid that surrounds and cushions the brain and the spinal cord. Though this cleansing process occurs all the time, yet during the day it is observed to be almost negligible. This is because the brain cannot simultaneously clean itself and be aware of the surroundings during the daytime. So, it is only during sleep, that our brain can cleanse itself properly.

👉 If we can think of making this cleaning process more efficient, we can improve the quality of sleep. But how do we ensure that? For  the  cerebrospinal  fluid  to be more efficient  in cleaning  the accumulated  toxins, it is extremely  important to maintain  optimal  pressure. 

👉Various  studies  have  shown that  the absorption of toxins  slows  down drastically  if CSF pressure goes below 6.8 cm of water.  In fact,  for  an adult,  the optimal  value  of CSF pressure  is  between  9 cm  of water  and 18 cm of water.  But how do we  control this  pressure through external means? 

👉High school physics  has taught  us  fluid pressure and how its flow varies  with height.  Can there be any external  height gradient  that  can  similarly  affect  the CSF  pressure inside  our brain  and lumbar (spinal)  regions?  Could  it  be  our sleeping pillow? Pillow  height  can impact  the pressure exerted  on the various  body parts  like  head,  neck,  chest,  waist  and the  hip while  at sleep.  

👉CSF  pressure varies with  the inclination  of our body to  the  horizontal.  This  gave  me  an  idea  to  connect all  these  previous  studies  to  get  a relationship  between  CSF pressures as a function of pillow height. The  data  obtained  from earlier  studies  and extrapolated  it  using Lagrange  Interpolation  Polynomial.  It found that the angle of body inclination must lie between 0o  to 7.6o  for  CSF  pressure  of  an  adult  to  lie  between  9  cm  to  18  cm of  water. So, buy a proper pillow! You may just be surprised to see your performance go up a notch as a result.