Why should you sleep better on the left side

Why not sleep on the right side

The sleeping position can influence our health. Experts have warned against sleeping on their backs in the past as this could cause dangerous breathing for some people. There are also health reasons for not sleeping on the right side. On the left side to rest, however, is recommended.

Different causes of reflux

One in two Germans occasionally suffers from heartburn. This may be due to overweight, heavy and oily meals, stress or excessive alcohol and nicotine. Even a bad sleep position can promote heartburn, as shown in a study.

Left-handers have less stomach burns

US scientists have found in the journal "The Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology" that people who sleep on the left suffer even less from heartburn (also called reflux) as right sleepers.

Other health experts have also discussed this fact and explained the phenomenon with the stomach and its contents further downstream of the esophagus than by the left side.

In the case of right-handed sleepers, on the other hand, it is easier for the chyme to return to the esophagus.

But there are even more reasons why you should sleep better on the left side. Some have the doctor. Named John Douillard on his website and in many YouTube videos.

Better transportation of important nutrients

According to the health expert, practicing the lymphatic system of the body is a good thing, rest on the left side.

This is because the left side of the body is the dominant lymphatic side.

The lymphatic system, the largest organ of the immune system, plays a central role in the fight against invading pathogens and degenerated cancer cells.

He is also responsible for the transportation of essential nutrients and waste filtration.

In addition, the spleen, responsible for blood purification, is on the left side and can therefore work more easily if we sleep on the left side.

Benefits for digestion and heart health

The location of the stomach and pancreas also suggests sleeping on the left side.

Because it contributes to the experts according to a better digestion.

But who sleeps well, presses his belly on the pancreas and hinders their activity.

And another point that pleads for a better sleep on the left side: in people who sleep right, the heart has to work much harder.

Because the main artery, the aorta, ramifies from the heart to the left before descending into the abdomen.

By lying on the left side, the heart pumps blood directly into the descending aorta, automatically relieving the organ. (Ad)