India, March 1 -- The popular perception of a healthy lifestyle comprises being active as much as possible, eating healthy and working out. Thus, it stands to reason that one vital component gets missed out by most: sleep.

While we physically rest as we sleep, it is very much an active process internally as the body repairs the day's wear and tear in this period. With modern life getting increasingly busy for the average person, sleep deprivation is a condition that many face and even embrace willingly.

Sometimes, even the amount of sleep that one gets and considers themselves well rested is biologically insufficient. Taking to X on February 27, Dr Sudhir Kumar, MD, DM, a neurologist at Apollo Hospitals in Hyderabad, highlighted what ha...