| While we come across information on how we | | | | |
| can have a good night's sleep every now and | | | | 73%, while those with an average of 5 hours |
| then, we are seldom aware of how an | | | | of sleep had 50% greater risk. Those who only |
| insufficient sleep can affect our health and | | | | had 6 hours had 23% more.The reason? Blame it |
| well-being.Because of paper works either from | | | | on grehlin, a substance that makes people |
| work or school and other household | | | | want to eat more food.If people don't have |
| obligations, everyday is like a race against | | | | the recommended amount of shut-eye, their |
| time. Add to it the temptations of the | | | | leptin levels are lowered.Leptin is a blood |
| computer and the TV shows airing late at | | | | protein that suppresses their appetite, and |
| night, and the parties and gimmicks. At the | | | | seems to affect how their body had eaten |
| end of the day, all the hours that should | | | | enough.So don't think that dieting is the |
| have gone to a good night's sleep go to all | | | | only way for a nice build; include getting |
| of these, slowly robbing your body off a | | | | sufficient sleep in your regimen from now |
| deserving rest and making you feel drowsy the | | | | on.IV. And More Diseases, TooIf you're |
| next day. If you are accustomed to this way | | | | already tired of reading about the dire |
| of life, be warned. All the bad things you do | | | | consequences you will face when you don't |
| to your body have their own consequences, and | | | | give yourself the right amount of |
| they could be more serious than you | | | | |
| thought.I. The Social And Economic CostsWhile | | | | rest, here are a few more for your |
| there are health risks when you get a few | | | | information.When your body is deprived of the |
| hours of sleep each night, we cannot ignore | | | | sleep it needs, your chances of getting |
| the fact that its dire risks affect the | | | | coronary heart disease double compared to |
| nation's economy. According to a report from | | | | people who have an adequate amount of |
| the Institute Pf Medicine, an arm of National | | | | sleep.And if you're a male, read on. You'd be |
| Academy of Sciences, 50-70 million Americans | | | | interested to know that men who are sleep |
| have chronic sleep problems, with as many as | | | | deprived are risking themselves for an |
| 30 million suffering from chronic | | | | erectile dysfunction. That happens when their |
| insomnia.The result? Motor vehicle accidents | | | | testosterone levels drop due to a few hours |
| due to tired rivers cost at least $48 billion | | | | of sleep, making it more difficult to |
| a year, while fatigue cost $150 billion each | | | | maintain an erection.For older people aged |
| year in lost productivity and mishaps.The | | | | 53-93, there's a risk of developing diabetes. |
| report, entitled. "Sleep Deprivation and | | | | That's what a study co-authored by Dr. Daniel |
| Sleep Disorders: An Unmet Public Health | | | | Gottlieb, an associate professor of medicine |
| Problem", says that in recent decades, loss | | | | at Boston University claimed.Published in the |
| of sleep has increased due to TV shows, | | | | Archives of Internal Medicine, the findings |
| computers, and longer work days among | | | | concluded that elders who slept fewer than 5 |
| adults.For those suffering from insomnia, | | | | hours were 2.5 |
| that means more days off work for you. A | | | | |
| study led by Virginia Godet-Cayre at the | | | | times more likely to acquire the sweet |
| Health Economics Research in France proves | | | | disease against those who had 6 hours, who |
| that workers who had difficulty falling | | | | had chances 1.7 times lower.But don't think |
| asleep missed an average of 5.8 days of work | | | | that sleeping too much will solve the |
| a year, compared to only 2.4 days missed by | | | | problem, though. The study showed that |
| "good sleepers." The team tracked down the | | | | overslept elders - those who had more than 9 |
| work histories of 369 workers who had | | | | hours of sleep - had chances 1.7 times |
| insomnia and 369 workers who were getting the | | | | higher.Lastly, sleeplessness causes an |
| right amount of sleep. The study, published | | | | individual to have an impaired spatial |
| in the February issue of Sleep, says that 50% | | | | learning, such as getting to a new |
| of the insomniac group had at least a time of | | | | destination. This |
| absence over a 2-year period, against to 34% | | | | |
| of the other group.II. Teens And SleepThese | | | | finding, which appeared on the Journal of |
| days it's not just the adults who are lacking | | | | Neurophysiology, suggested that during the |
| sleep. The National Sleep Foundation reported | | | | process of spatial learning, new brain cells |
| that only 20% of adolescents in USA are | | | | are being produced in an area of the brain |
| getting the recommended 9 hours of sleep at | | | | called Hippocampus. Sleep is important in |
| night. That figure is alarming, because it | | | | helping these brain cells survive.V. |
| shows that | | | | ConclusionWe all know that sleep plays a |
| | | | major part in one's overall well-being, and |
| millions of them have problems concentrating | | | | now that we know exactly what we are likely |
| in classes, are getting late for school, or | | | | facing |
| are sleepy when driving.III. If You Want To | | | | |
| Lose Weight, Don't Just Focus On Your | | | | when we have lack of it, where do we go from |
| DietWant to know a secret? The road to a good | | | | here?It seems that more research is needed in |
| figure is not just eating food in low | | | | the area of sleep medicine, and public |
| quantity and exercising on a regular basis; | | | | awareness must be raised for everyone to |
| | | | understand that, despite all the obligations, |
| it's having a proper lifestyle. I'm not a | | | | late night TV shows and caffeinated drinks, |
| fitness expert, mind you, but health studies | | | | getting sufficient sleep is really, really |
| are giving more and more evidence | | | | important for everyone, young or old. And as |
| | | | for you reading this article, I bet you |
| supporting a link between how many hours of | | | | agree.This article appears on Free Articles |
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