Your Left Side Is the Right Side for Sleep

By Cort Johnson

June 22, 2023

According to one expert, sleeping on your left has never been so right.

Ali Ramadan is a herbal nutrition expert and says not all sleep is equal.

According to one of his recent TikTok video that there are a number of benefits to slumbering on the left side. Check out the video below.

@holisticali

Do you sleep on the left side? There are benefits to both right side sleeping and left side sleeping. The research shows it is better for digestive health to sleep on the left side, and for those who have heart failure it is better to sleep on the right side. Sources: https://www.dovepress.com/sleep-positions-and-nocturnal-body-movements-based-on-free-living-acce-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-NSS https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/410292 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12801953/ https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000559.htm https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12801953/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10445529/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26835867/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8071510/ https://www.sleepfoundation.org/sleeping-positions/side-sleeping https://www.healthline.com/health/healthy-sleep/sleep-effects-digestion https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19110135/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12535814/

♬ original sound - Ali Ramadan

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