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Discover The Shocking Truth About Sleep Debt And It's Effects
If you think you can get away by sleeping less, here a the truer picture for you. It is not possible to cut down on the amount of sleep you get as a general rule. Most adults require seven to nine hours of sleep, according to the health experts, for optimum performance, health and for their own safety. If we cheat on the sleep time, we are actually accumulating a sleep debt.
If you think you can get away by sleeping less, here a the truer picture for you. It is not possible to cut down on the amount of sleep you get as a general rule. Most adults require seven to nine hours of sleep, according to the health experts, for optimum performance, health and for their own safety. If we cheat on the sleep time, we are actually accumulating a sleep debt.
The result of sleep deprivation has been linked to a number of health problems such as obesity and high blood pressure, negative mood and behavior, decreased productivity, and safety issues in the home, on the job, and on the road.
Sleeping experts state that teens need at least 8.5 - 9.25 hours of sleep each night, in place of seven to nine hours each night for adults. A teens internal biological clock keeps them awake late till evening and leaves them fast asleep in the morning.
The leads to a problem faced by the school going children, who have to wake up at a time when their body wants to be asleep naturally, as most of the schools worldwide begin classes early in the morning. So, children reach school feeling too sleepy to learn, though it is not their fault at all they may be seen as lazy or lacking attention.
Studies have found a real relationship between the quantity and quality of one’s sleep and quite a number of health problems. For example, insufficient sleep is know to affect growth hormone secretion this is linked to obesity; as the amount of hormone secretion decreases, the chance for weight gain increases significantly.
Blood pressure usually falls during the sleep cycle; however, interrupted sleep can adversely affect this normal decline, leading to hypertension and cardiovascular problems in the future.Research has also shown that insufficient sleep impairs the body’s ability to use insulin, which can lead to the onset of diabetes. More and more scientific studies are showing correlations between poor and insufficient sleep and a number of different diseases.
As you grow older, you need slightly fewer hours of sleep. For an average adult, sleep experts recommend a range of seven to nine hours of sleep. Sleep patterns might change with the growing age but the requirement remain pretty much the same. Older people tend to wake up through the night often because of other health issues and get less night time sleep, but their sleep need is much the same as that of younger adults.
Because they may sleep less during the night, older people tend to sleep more during the day. Naps planned as part of a regular daily routine can be useful in promoting wakefulness after the person awakens often after meals or during the afternoon when the body is at it’s lowest.
A popular belief is that during sleep brain remains dormant. However this is not true,your brain never sleeps. During rest the body sleeps and the brain remains active and gets recharged, it also controls many functions of the body including breathing. While sleeping, we drift between two distinct sleep states - REM (rapid eye movement) and non-REM, in 90-minute cycles.
Non-REM sleep has four stages, starting at stage one drowsiness, Stage two “deep sleep” stages three and four, when awakenings are more difficult and where the most positive and restorative effects of sleep occur. However, even in the deepest non-REM sleep, our minds can still process information effectively. REM sleep is an active sleep where dreams occur, breathing and heart rate increase and often becomes irregular, your muscles relax and your eyes move back and forth under the eyelids.
When it comes to sleep another essential factor is to be able to relax before going to bed I find that either listening to relaxing music or hypnosis helps if you don’t find it easy to wind down after a busy day. Give it a try it helps.