Improved Sleep Effects - Wallet, Mood, Waistline, Brain Power
Very few things in life have consequences that are as far reaching and encompassing as failing to get an adequate amount of sleep. Benjamin Franklin is believed to have penned the phrase:
“Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
Without the benefit of modern medicine and sleep studies to back up the claims, it would appear that Mr. Franklin was far ahead of his time. Despite these many advances in science and medicine, the truth is that we’re just now beginning to understand the many reasons why sleep improvements have such a dramatic impact on our daily lives.
Wallets, Wealth, and a Good Night’s Sleep
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, lack of income and lack of sleep seem to go hand in hand. The survey reveals that among U.S. adults, those below the poverty level were most likely to report regular bouts of insomnia or trouble sleeping, with 24.8 percent reporting insomnia compared to only 15.8 percent of those reporting incomes four times the national poverty levels. Each time an income level increased between the two, the corresponding rates of insomnia decreased.
Sleep and Mood – And the Link between the Two
WebMD states that the connection between sleep loss and depression is so strong that many patients discover treating one condition leads to improvements in the other. It’s not only depression that’s at stake with sleep deprivation. Think about how grumpy you are with others the morning after a poor night’s sleep.
The longer and more often you experience this sleeplessness at night, the more your mood suffers – and your relationship with the people you love most.
Sleep and Weight
Who would have thought that the amount of sleep you get at night could have a significant impact on your ability to lose weight? In fact, many people will give up sleep in order to work in much-needed calorie burning workouts first thing in the morning. Unfortunately, when you do this, you’re doing more harm than good for your body.
Heavy.com reports that getting less than 5.5 hours of sleep on an average night lowers your metabolic rate, making it 55 percent more difficult to lose weight, and that sleeping six or fewer hours can leave you feeling as much as 25 percent hungrier. The most impressive statistic, though, is this one: seven out of eight women lost between 3 and 15 pounds over an eight week period of time by simply sleeping more.
Start the Day Smarter with a Good Night’s Sleep
A recent study of Gulf War veterans discovered that disrupted sleep patterns are directly associated with lower brain volume, according to a report in Medical Daily. The conclusion drawn from this information is that those extra hours of sleep add up quickly and should not be discounted as to the impact they can have on the human body.
At the heart of the matter is that people must do whatever it takes to get an adequate amount of sleep. Small changes like sleeping on a good mattress, cutting caffeine out of your diet (or at least several hours before bed), and removing disruptive electronics from the bedroom at night are great places to start your journey towards the wealth, happiness, body, and brain power you desire.
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