| While we come across information on how we | | | | that those who had less that 4 hours of sleep |
| can have a good night's sleep every now and | | | | were more likely to be obese by |
| then, we are seldom aware of how an insufficient | | | | 73%, while those with an average of 5 hours of |
| sleep can affect our health and well-being.Because | | | | sleep had 50% greater risk. Those who only had |
| of paper works either from work or school and | | | | 6 hours had 23% more.The reason? Blame it on |
| other household obligations, everyday is like a | | | | grehlin, a substance that makes people want to |
| race against time. Add to it the temptations of | | | | eat more food.If people don't have the |
| the computer and the TV shows airing late at | | | | recommended amount of shut-eye, their leptin |
| night, and the parties and gimmicks. At the end of | | | | levels are lowered.Leptin is a blood protein that |
| the day, all the hours that should have gone to a | | | | suppresses their appetite, and seems to affect |
| good night's sleep go to all of these, slowly | | | | how their body had eaten enough.So don't think |
| robbing your body off a deserving rest and | | | | that dieting is the only way for a nice build; include |
| making you feel drowsy the next day. If you are | | | | getting sufficient sleep in your regimen from now |
| accustomed to this way of life, be warned. All the | | | | on.IV. And More Diseases, TooIf you're already |
| bad things you do to your body have their own | | | | tired of reading about the dire consequences you |
| consequences, and they could be more serious | | | | will face when you don't give yourself the right |
| than you thought.I. The Social And Economic | | | | amount of |
| CostsWhile there are health risks when you get a | | | | rest, here are a few more for your |
| few hours of sleep each night, we cannot ignore | | | | information.When your body is deprived of the |
| the fact that its dire risks affect the nation's | | | | sleep it needs, your chances of getting coronary |
| economy. According to a report from the | | | | heart disease double compared to people who |
| Institute Pf Medicine, an arm of National Academy | | | | have an adequate amount of sleep.And if you're a |
| of Sciences, 50-70 million Americans have chronic | | | | male, read on. You'd be interested to know that |
| sleep problems, with as many as 30 million | | | | men who are sleep deprived are risking |
| suffering from chronic insomnia.The result? Motor | | | | themselves for an erectile dysfunction. That |
| vehicle accidents due to tired rivers cost at least | | | | happens when their testosterone levels drop due |
| $48 billion a year, while fatigue cost $150 billion | | | | to a few hours of sleep, making it more difficult |
| each year in lost productivity and mishaps.The | | | | to maintain an erection.For older people aged |
| report, entitled. "Sleep Deprivation and Sleep | | | | 53-93, there's a risk of developing diabetes. That's |
| Disorders: An Unmet Public Health Problem", says | | | | what a study co-authored by Dr. Daniel Gottlieb, |
| that in recent decades, loss of sleep has increased | | | | an associate professor of medicine at Boston |
| due to TV shows, computers, and longer work | | | | University claimed.Published in the Archives of |
| days among adults.For those suffering from | | | | Internal Medicine, the findings concluded that elders |
| insomnia, that means more days off work for | | | | who slept fewer than 5 hours were 2.5 |
| you. A study led by Virginia Godet-Cayre at the | | | | times more likely to acquire the sweet disease |
| Health Economics Research in France proves that | | | | against those who had 6 hours, who had chances |
| workers who had difficulty falling asleep missed an | | | | 1.7 times lower.But don't think that sleeping too |
| average of 5.8 days of work a year, compared | | | | much will solve the problem, though. The study |
| to only 2.4 days missed by "good sleepers." The | | | | showed that overslept elders - those who had |
| team tracked down the work histories of 369 | | | | more than 9 hours of sleep - had chances 1.7 |
| workers who had insomnia and 369 workers who | | | | times higher.Lastly, sleeplessness causes an |
| were getting the right amount of sleep. The | | | | individual to have an impaired spatial learning, such |
| study, published in the February issue of Sleep, | | | | as getting to a new destination. This |
| says that 50% of the insomniac group had at | | | | finding, which appeared on the Journal of |
| least a time of absence over a 2-year period, | | | | Neurophysiology, suggested that during the |
| against to 34% of the other group.II. Teens And | | | | process of spatial learning, new brain cells are |
| SleepThese days it's not just the adults who are | | | | being produced in an area of the brain called |
| lacking sleep. The National Sleep Foundation | | | | Hippocampus. Sleep is important in helping these |
| reported that only 20% of adolescents in USA | | | | brain cells survive.V. ConclusionWe all know that |
| are getting the recommended 9 hours of sleep at | | | | sleep plays a major part in one's overall well-being, |
| night. That figure is alarming, because it shows | | | | and now that we know exactly what we are |
| that | | | | likely facing |
| millions of them have problems concentrating in | | | | when we have lack of it, where do we go from |
| classes, are getting late for school, or are sleepy | | | | here?It seems that more research is needed in |
| when driving.III. If You Want To Lose Weight, | | | | the area of sleep medicine, and public awareness |
| Don't Just Focus On Your DietWant to know a | | | | must be raised for everyone to understand that, |
| secret? The road to a good figure is not just | | | | despite all the obligations, late night TV shows and |
| eating food in low quantity and exercising on a | | | | caffeinated drinks, getting sufficient sleep is really, |
| regular basis; | | | | really important for everyone, young or old. And |
| it's having a proper lifestyle. I'm not a fitness | | | | as for you reading this article, I bet you |
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