5 Reasons Why You Should Get More Sleep

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Busy people and hectic schedule is the trend nowadays. We all need to get more sleep, sleeping has an effect to your health than you ever think of.

It can make people thin - when you sleep less, your BMI tends to become higher. Studies show that a person who is sleeping for only 5 hours at night time had increased their hormone grelin ( it boost up hunger) to the body and another 15 leptin ( suppressing it) than people who sleep in 8 hours.

It can boost up the memory- sleeping plays a major function in our memory. According to a study in Harvard University, people who was experimented had been taught of the complex movement of the fingers in piano scales, had better recalling power than those who sleep for less than 8 hours.

Fights cold, cancer and ulcer- sleeping boosts up your immune system. The hormone melatonin is produced during sleeping period, it is an antioxidant that fights cancer. People who work for night shifts has a greater risk in getting breast cancer. The chemicals that repairs damage in the lining of our stomach is better secreted when you sleep, when you stay awake at night time it raises the risk in getting ulcer.

It slows down the ageing- sleeping in less than the average 8 hours can affect your carbohydrate metabolism as well as the function of hormones in ways that increase severeness of any age related disorders. According to a study, a person sleeping for 6-7 hours have a longer life span than a person who sleep for only 4 hours.

It can maintain orderliness- when you are a kid. Depression as well as low self confidence is associated to people who has shortage of sleep. Children who has poor sleeping habits might take alcohol or drugs during puberty.