Lack of Sleep Hazard
FAT Researcher shows that people who get fewer than seven hours of sleep a night are 30 percent more likely to be obese. Lack of sleep alters the flow of hormones that regulate hunger and satiety, which can cause you to eat more. And, when you’re sleepy, you’re more likely to reach for high-fat, high-calorie foods to keep you going.
PRONE TO HEART DISEASE Women who regularly get fewer than five hours of sleep per night are significantly more likely to suffer from hypertension – a leading heart disease risk factor. When you’re sleep deprived, your body produces more stress hormones and other substances that increase inflammation, which can up your risk of heart disease and stroke.
DEVELOP DIABETES Those who get fewer than five hours of sleep per night have to-and-a-half times the risk of getting diabetes compared with those who snooze for seven to eight hours. The likely reason? Suppression of deep sleep, the most restorative sleep stage, significantly decreases your ability to regulate blood-sugar level, according to the new research.
CRANKY Researchers have found out that sleep deprivation makes the amygdale (the part of your brain that processes emotional events) go into over drive and the prefrontal cortex (the part of your brain that regulates reasoning) become deactivated, making you feel less stable than usual. Lack of sleep makes the brain unable to put emotional experiences into context and produce rational responses.
SICK MORE OFTEN While your asleep, your body produces cytokines, chemicals that help the immune system fight off infection and disease, Sleep not only affects how well your body fights infection but also determines how well your body produces antibodies after a vaccination. Research shows that people who lack sleep produce half as many flu antibodies after receiving the flu vaccine.
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Posted by Denz
on Mar 27 2009. Filed under medical ideas.
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