Sleep Is a Metabolic Tool Not Just a Luxury
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Sleep Is a Metabolic Tool Not Just a Luxury

Jacquelyn Hackett, MS, RDN

Jacquelyn Hackett, MS, RDN

March 12, 2026

Sleep Awareness Week rolls around every March, and it always reminds me how often sleep is treated like a luxury instead of something the body genuinely depends on. People will carefully plan their workouts, track their protein, buy supplements, and still treat sleep like the one habit that can be sacrificed. Stay up a little later. Answer a few more emails. Watch one more episode. And yet metabolically, sleep is doing far more behind the scenes than most people realize. As a Registered...

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Jacquelyn Hackett, MS, RDN

Jacquelyn Hackett, MS, RDN

Registered Dietitian, Functional Nutrition Practitioner, and founder of Hackett Health. Specializing in gut health, hormones, and root-cause investigation for women.

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