Time to Get Serious About Sleep
...Or face health consequences.
Mary Vinnedge - See more at: http://www.success.com/article/time-to-get-serious-about-sleep#sthash.a6xs7l31.dpuf
Time to Get Serious About Sleep.......Or
face health consequences,by Mary
Vinnedge
...Or face health consequences.
Mary VinnedgeTime to Get Serious About Sleep
...Or face health consequences.
Mary Vinnedge - See more at: http://www.success.com/article/time-to-get-serious-about-sleep#sthash.a6xs7l31.dpuf
We’ve all
heard and perhaps admired overachievers who need only four hours’ sleep per
night (Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer comes to mind). But these
folks aren’t doing their health any favors: Research indicates that inadequate
sleep disrupts the body’s ability to process sugar, causing metabolic disorders
such as type 2 diabetes and obesity.
Wendy,
who asked that her last name not be published, provides a startling example.
Wendy didn’t believe a co-worker who said she’d fallen asleep during a
conversation until the co-worker recorded a video. “My head was rolled back and
I was snoring,” Wendy says.
She saw
her doctor, who recommended a sleep study, which revealed she had sleep apnea,
a disorder characterized by pauses in breathing. Aside from her obesity, which
she had fought with diet and exercise for years, her blood pressure was high
and oxygen in her blood was dangerously low. She also confided to her doctor
that she had started experiencing hallucinations. He said all her symptoms were
classic.
Six
months after she started using a prescribed BiPAP machine to help with
breathing at night, Wendy had lost 60 pounds—without any additional dieting or
exercise—and her oxygen level and blood pressure had improved.
Although
sleep apnea patients and night-shift workers immediately come to mind as
targets for sleep-related health issues, a report in The Lancet Diabetes
& Endocrinology identified lifestyle—in other words, personal choice—as
the most important contributor to sleep deprivation. Which means anyone
who skimps on sleep is at risk.
The
report predicted that improved sleep quality and duration could stem “the
present epidemic of metabolic disorders” to lengthen lives and reduce chronic
illnesses.
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