Surprisingly, most of us have one common habits of counting how many hours of sleep we will be getting before we hit the sack. Not getting enough sleep is much more harmful than most of us imagine. Considering how busy our lives get and how any extra hours we need in a day, we take sleeping for granted or it is just so rare that we cherish the little we get. When we don't get enough sleep we tend to lean on caffeine and energy drinks which is yet another giant "no-no". Sleep is the most enjoyable and easiest way to get and remain healthy.
Accomplishing our daily goals and earning eight hours of rest at night is really achieving the best of both worlds. Lack of sleep and over using caffeinated products takes some surprising tolls on our bodies. First off, not getting enough sleep really messes with our brain. It impairs our attentions span, alertness, an problem solving. The more serious conditions can eventually lead to heart failure, stroke, and diabetes. According to webMD "Coping With Excessive Sleepiness"(1), 90% of people that have insomnia also have another serious disease.
We tend to remember information we have learned during the day, at night. Therefore, if you do not get enough sleep you will gradually worsen your memory. The best way to maintain a sharp and agile brain is to know sleep is important to your health and put other obstacles to the side.
In the past decades, America's obesity rate has grown. Studies have been done that explain a positive correlation between lack of sleep and weight gain. The healthier and lighter people in the study tend to get 7 or more hours of sleep every night. While the larger and unhealthier people in the experiment got less sleep and had less energy. Harvard also concluded that those who got less sleep would generally eat more and the food they consumed was almost always much unhealthier than the people who got enough sleep. (2)
Getting enough sleep is one of the best things you can do for your health. Getting enough sleep will reduce your appetite, keep your brain fast and agile, and make getting a harmful disease less likely to occur. Therefore, make sure you are doing yourself a favor and getting enough rest!
(1)http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/excessive-sleepiness-10/10-results-sleep-loss
(2) http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/sleep/
It's great to see you using footnotes and referring to sources for supplemental support of your points here. Now turn those footnotes into traditional MLA citations (or APA, if you prefer). That means "calling out" the source in the text, instead of using an number, then using an alphabetical organization for your works cited.
ReplyDeleteI wonder: do you have an anecdotal example of when you were sleep deprived and it affected either your eating patterns or overall health? Use an example from your reading or life to drive these excellent messages home. Share with readers something new; give us a detail to hold onto!