The Importance of Sleep to our Health

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Everyone needs to sleep. This is very important for a person’s health based on the study of National Sleep Foundation (NSF). Enough sleep time is actually the main source of an individual to gain energy in order to have the capability to do his or her routine each day. Sleep is crucial which is as significant as nutrition.
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How does sleep build up our strength and relieve the stress? This happens while a person sleeps at night. Accurate sleep time heals the exhaustion we used to feel everyday. Especially to those working, they need efficient sleep to restore the worn out energy and become active for the next day over and over again.


However, it is so unfortunate to know that the increasing number of people are holding back on their sleep, which is often a serious problem for many. There are people who have insomnia, and there are also those who intentionally sleep too late for certain reasons. Whether of the two, the consequences of lack of sleep to our health can turn our lives devastating due to fatigue.

Fatigue is a critical problem. This is a personal feeling due to tiredness that in most cases lack of sleep is the cause. Sleep disorder is one common cause. This has a great impact to a person mentally and physically. That is why to avoid fatigue, read the following to know the importance of sleep and why we should get enough sleep time (from the Harvard Women’s Health Watch study):
  1. Sleep facilitates the brain receive fresh information to memory by means of “memory consolidation process.” If you have enough sleep your brain will be active to answer the test in school.
  2. It really helps a person’s metabolism and gain weight: Constant deprivation of efficient sleep may cause your weight to gain and thus affect your appetite.
  3. Enough sleep can help you stay safe, because the tendency to fall asleep while driving, for instance, can be avoided.
  4. Good enough sleep may cause good mood.
  5. Lack of sleep can cause hypertension that may affect cardiovascular health,  irregular heartbeat, and the increase of stress hormone levels.
  6. You will be prone to infections when you do not sleep well, for it can change your immune function.

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