How Sleep Deficit Can Be Dangerous To Your Health!
Deficit sleep describes a situation where people continuously get less
sleep than their body requirement. Are you one of those people who try to
operate on as little sleep as possible? Who believe the night is a precious
opportunity to add up extra work to meet up with life? Well, you’re not alone;
most of us suffer from bouts of sleep deprivation. In fact I personally lost my
sleep this night to ‘extra work load’, something I haven’t done in a long time.
No wonder I was prompted to make these findings to be sure I am not about harming
myself. My guess is not far from the truth.
Aside from being a grumpy, walking, zombie, sleep deficit can affect
your health in seven very dangerous ways…
1. Sleep Deprivation Can Put At Risk for Chronic Conditions
If you suffer from insomnia, you might not only leave your car keys in
the refrigerator…again, you might actually increase your chances of developing
a chronic condition. Research studies suggest that the majority of insomniacs
(about 90-percent) develop a health condition spurred by chronic lack of
sleep—including cardiovascular issues, arrhythmia, high blood pressure, or
diabetes.
2. Inadequate Sleep Increases Your Chances of Aging Fast
You might
feel about 100 years old after a week of little sleep, and it turns out that you
might be feeling the aging effects of sleep deficit. You must admit,
those who sleep poorly suffer the consequences of dull skin, red, puffy eyes,
fine lines, and dark circles due to increased cortisol, a stress hormone that
impairs skin collagen production and elasticity of skin.
3. Sleep Loss Decreases Libido
If you’re
sleep deprived chances are you’re not in the mood for loving. That’s because
studies trace lack of sleep directly to lowered libido in both men and
women—due to lack of energy, frustration, and stress to the muscles. For men with
sleep-depriving conditions (i.e., like sleep apnea) testosterone (the sex
hormone) levels may actually decrease.
4. Sleep Loss Can Lead to Weight Gain
You
snooze; you lose when it comes to sleep and maintaining a healthy body
weight. Why? It makes sense that sleep deprivation can lead to poor,
sugar-rich, high fat, processed food choices. And when you’re robbed of sleep
for a few days in a row, you’re more likely to succumb to hunger and
convenience foods while having little energy for exercise, which inevitably
leads to weight gain.
5. Lack of Sleep Causes Depression
You’ll
surly feel helpless, frustrated, and overwhelmed after multiple sleep-deprived
nights. However, if you have chronic sleep condition (i.e., sleep apnea)
studies show that you’re more likely to become depressed as a result. A 2005
sleep study actually found that individuals diagnosed with clinical depression
sleep an average of 6 hours a night or less—while those diagnosed with insomnia
were approximately 5 times more prone to depression and anxiety disorders.
6. Sleep Loss Robs Us of Cognitive Thinking
You have
to admit that you don’t function well after a night of poor sleep. Work and
school often suffer as a result. That’s because sleep fuels our cognitive
processes, and lack thereof will decrease attention span, mental alertness,
focus, concentration, thinking, communication, learning, and reasoning
abilities.
7. Sleepiness Causes Accidents
It’s
tragic how many car accidents are caused by sleep deprived drivers and how much
injuries on the job are caused by exhausted workers. Lack of sleep is actually
a public safety hazard—especially when you consider lack of it has about the same
effect as driving impaired, with approximately 100,000 auto collisions a result
of sleepiness every year in the U.S. If you are a student, you can tell how funny
but embarrassing it is when colleagues take off in the middle of a lecture,
only to be spotted by the lecturer.
Whereas eight
to nine hours of sleep not broken is sufficient for adults, more than 60 per
cent worldwide do not get enough sleep. They go to bed too late, sleep poorly and
wake up a little bit earlier.
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