Our Sleep requirement:
The amount of necessary sleep varies from person to person. Some breeze through their days on just a few hours' slumber and others barely function with a full 10 hours. But experts say most people apparently need between about 7 and 9 hours, with studies indicating that an increased risk for disease starts to kick in when people get less than 6 or 7. If you are tired regularly when you think you shouldn't be, you may have a sleep defiicit.
Our Sleep and Health:
Sleep gives us the chance to maintain and repair
our bodies and minds. Each night, we cycle
through 5 stages of sleep ranging from light sleep
to deep, deep sleep, and finanlly to rapid eye
movement (REM) sleep. A complete cycle takes
90 to 110 minutes on average. When one full cycle
is complete, the cycle starts over again.
During sleep, the body accomplishes the following:
- The body replaces chemicals and repairs muscles, other tissues and aging or dead cells.
- Sleep lowers the body's metabolic rate and energy consumption.
- The cardiovascular system also gets a break. People with normal or high blood pressure experience a 20-30% reduction in blood pressure and a 10-20% reduction in heart rate.
- Sleep gives the brain an opportunity to reorganize data to help find a solution to problems, process newly learned information and organize and archive memories.
- In sleep we recharge the brain. Sections can shut down and repair neurons and exercise important neuronal connections that might otherwise deteriorate due to lack of activity.
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Sleep's role in our health
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Lack of Quality Sleep
- Lowered immunity to illnesses
- Weight gain; weight challenges; obesity
- Increased risk of heart disease and stroke
- Insulin resistance and diabetes
- Breathing-related disorders
- Moodiness; aggression; depression
- Reduced physical and work performance
- Grogginess and fatigue
- Lower alertness and poor concentration
- Reduced learning and memory performance
- Accelerated aging
- Decreased sex drive; impotence
- Pains and inflammation
Brainwaves during sleep
The 5 sleep stages (90-110 min. cycle)
Benefits of Better Quality Sleep
- Improved general health and well-being
- Boosted immunity
- Reduction of sleep-related problems
- Enhanced mental and physical energy
- Improved mood, disposition, outlook
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Sleep Well, Be Well
QUALITY of SLEEP is our BOOSTER for
well- being and health. Unfortunately, millions of us do not get enough of it.
Surveys conducted by the National Sleep Foundation reveal that:
- 40 million Americans suffer from over 70 different sleep-related disorders
- 60% of adults report having sleep problems a few nights a week or more
- 69% of children experience one or more sleep problems a few nights or more during a week
When this happens, we don't get the length or quality of sleep needed to optimize our health,
renewal, immunal and revitalization functions. Our body lets us know in different ways. It makes us
succeptible to health deterioration.
