Dense work schedules and other social activities often take up a lot of time, so people tend to be sleep deprived. Though the effects of lack of sleep is not just going to make you drowsy the next day, and so less able to concentrate while working.
Some neuroscientists believe that one purpose of sleep is to give the brain an opportunity to build and strengthen the neural connecting tissues. People who used to sleep enough will learn new information faster and have sharper memory.
But what happens when you always lack of sleep from day to day? Lack of sleep will provide short-term and long-term effects.
• Direct effect, when you awake in a state of shock because hearing the sound of the alarm, you will tend to live the day with a bad mood.
• As the day progresses, you will feel confused and easily saturated. Sleeping in a short time will also reduce the speed of your reaction, thus increasing the risk of car accidents and other disasters.
Then what is the long-term effect?
• Reduced and routine sleeping hours will disrupt your body function. One proof, research shows that lack of sleep can lower levels of the hormone leptin, which helps control appetite. As a result, if you lack sleep, there is a chance you will overeat.
• Lack of sleep will also increase levels of stress hormones, which will force the body to send more glucose into the bloodstream. The body will also become less sensitive to insulin.
• That's it? Apparently not. Other studies have shown that lack of sleep will stop production of certain chemical compounds in the immune system, which keep the body from germs.
• Later, a study in 2009 also found that people who sleep less than seven hours a day will increase the chances of having the flu tripled.
How many hours of sleep do you have in a day? Six hours? Or even five hours?
• Apparently, according to another study, when reducing the quota of sleep from eight hours to six hours a day, you will cause chronic inflammatory levels. This condition increases the risk of many other problems, including heart attacks, strokes, and osteoporosis.
In conclusion, even if you feel strong enough to go through the activity even though you are used to sleeping for only five hours a day, think about the long-term effects. Try to reduce the less important routine before bed, such as watching TV, checking emails, reading books, or chatting on mobile phones. Slowly, add your hours of sleep half an hour each week to make a quota of seven or eight hours each night. Experts say a sign that you are getting enough sleep is if you can get up on time every day without the help of an alarm.