Secrets Behind Sleeping-Learn How Sleep Affects Every Miniscule Functioning Of The Body
November 28, 2007
There is more to sleep than just relaxing, de-stressing and rejuvenating the body.
Sleep Helps Memory: Long-term memories are formed during sleep when the brain replays recent experiences. According to researchers at the University of Lubeck in Germany, shut-eye helps to strengthen memory content and also the sequence in which they are experienced.
Sleep Is Helpful For The Heart: Sleep is crucial for a healthy heart. Lack of it leads to hypertension and this further leads to higher risk of heart attack and stroke. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine state that normal people who are persistently deprived of proper sleep also suffer increased risk of hypertension.
Sleep Affects Dental Care: A journal of Periodontology study shows that the amount of sleep one gets can significantly affect the teeth. Researchers speculate that sleep shortage impairs the body’s immune system, something that can lead to bad teeth.
Sleep And Body Clock: An altered gene may explain why some people prefer late nights. This gene affects the body’s circadian cycle-the clock that keeps metabolism, digestion and sleep pattern in sync. These night owls compensate by staying in bed longer and still experience more insomnia than the rest.
Varying Sleep Hours: Some people can survive on very little sleep, while others require many hours to function normally. Some can still perform relatively well when sleep deprived. This is because of their genes. In one study from the University of Surrey, some people struggled to stay awake after two days of no sleep. The researchers looking into this and gave the participants the opportunity to sleep normally. The found that some that some participants spent more time in slow-wave sleep, the deep sleep. Excerpt of this article taken from TNN.
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