Posted on 10/10/2005 11:14:46 AM PDT by Pragmatic_View
Beyond leaving people bleary-eyed, clutching a Starbucks cup and dozing off at afternoon meetings, failing to get enough sleep or sleeping at odd hours heightens the risk for a variety of major illnesses, including cancer, heart disease, diabetes and obesity, recent studies indicate.
Physiologic studies suggest that a sleep deficit may put the body into a state of high alert, increasing the production of stress hormones and driving up blood pressure, a major risk factor for heart attacks and strokes. Moreover, people who are sleep-deprived have elevated levels of substances in the blood that indicate a heightened state of inflammation in the body, which has also recently emerged as a major risk factor for heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes.
The analysis of a nationally representative sample of nearly 10,000 adults found that those between the ages of 32 and 49 who sleep less than seven hours a night are significantly more likely to be obese.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
It is quite interesting. A lot more info in the article, but I guess we must excerpt The Washington post.
You'd think getting less sleep would burn off more calories but no...
Since I end up working all ours of the day/night, I am well acquainted with lack of sleep. I think I average at best 5 hours/24.
For some of us.....it means that Free Republic is going to kill us.
i would have sworn i heard that you burned calories being awake! who lied to me????
Well, its official. I'm screwed.
Well, I never wake up cranky...
I let him sleep.
(groan)
Same here. If I got 8 hrs/night I'd never do anything but work and sleep!
I always thought the bad thing was to have varying sleep patterns. In other words, it's better to sleep 5 hours every night, as opposed to getting 8 hours one night, than 4 the next, then 12 the next, etc.
Interesting article...many thanks for posting it:)
On my days off from work, I can sleep 12 hours or more. On the days I do work, it's on about 6-8 hours of sleep a night. I'm 40, but people swear I'm in my late twenties or early thirties. I've been an advocate for sleeping more for a long time...LOL.
What happens if you aren't sleep deprived but you still sleep a lot? Does that make me extra healthy?
ours = hours! LMAO!
My problem might be what I do during those hours I am awake and am not exercising.
"people who are sleep-deprived"
By their own choice, never enough time to do everything, but always enough time to do what is "important"...
Me too. The older I get, the less sleep I get.
Well then, CGEP better watch himself - lack of sleep will catch up eventually
I do very well on VERY little sleep. I average 2-4 hours in 24 hours. Im not saying its all that good, but it is do-able.
MM
ROR! Does he know his nickname?
Only if he is stalking........Outside of a few attorney friends, I don't keep company with known liars
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