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Sleep, More Important Than You Think




With busy daily lives, the first we forgo is sleep. But why is this? To some sleep is a waste of time and that a lack of sleep can just be countered with caffeine and energy supplements. In the long run though this is both unhealthy for you physically and mentally.

Many people don't know this but a lack of sleep can actually make you gain weight. Not getting enough hours of sleep leads to a fluctuation in appetite hormones and causes poor appetite regulation. This leads to eating more in quantity or in frequency. In many studies it is actually shown that people with short sleep duration are more likely to become obese. Short sleep has become one of the leading risk factors for obesity. 


Getting enough sleep can also help you enhance your athletic performance gains. In studies involving many athletes, it was shown that a longer sleep would allow for a significant improvement in speed, accuracy, reaction times and mental well-being. Even your day to day performance would be effected by a lack of sleep. A study conducted with over 2800 women has shown that a lack of sleep has led to a slower walking speed, lose in grip strength and difficulty performing independent activities.

Most importantly of all is that a lack of sleep actually give you a heightened risk of heart disease and strokes. By being awake all the time the body is unable to rest properly and recuperate. It is when we sleep our bodies fix themselves from the daily ware and tare of life. 

So in summary sleep is important. Both for your day to day and in the long term. Get proper sleep to ensure that your body is able to maintain itself properly and try and get between 7-8 hours of sleep. This will help you maintain both your physical and mental health.

For help on ways to get a better nights rest check out our other post | Can't Sleep? Here's how to fix it
http://hlthylf.blogspot.com/2018/10/cant-sleep-heres-how-to-fix-it.html

Links:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10543671
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21300732
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC535701/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3619301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17969465
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  1. AnkitaJuly 19, 2019 at 12:08 AM

    Great article. Because of stress the Sleeplessness is major problem nowadays. I am also suffered from sleeplessness. Then to cure this problem I started taking herbal sleeplessness supplements. This is really effective supplements.

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