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The consequences of sleep deprivation are dire, and adversely affect the physical and mental health of the deprived person.
Healthy sleep is as important as diet, exercise, and stress management for health.
Many ‘Modern’ people fail to make the effort to get healthy sleep, believing sleep is expendable. Research shows us this is false. We are losing sleep at our own risk.
Plenty of evidence supports the fact that sleep is the most important predictor of how long we’ll live. Perhaps, even more, important than whether you smoke, exercise, have high blood pressure or cholesterol levels.
Believe it or not, getting healthy sleep...
✔ Increase your ability to think clearly and function at your highest level
✔ Boost athletic performance by more than 30%
✔ Improves your skin and appearance
✔ Helps you lose weight
✔ Improves your memory and ability to learn
✔ Decreases your risk of diabetes
✔ Helps protect your heart and decreases your risk of heart disease
✔ Improves your ability to fight off infections
✔ Decreases your risk of accidents
The Benefits of Sleep
"We are not healthy unless our sleep is healthy."
- writes sleep research pioneer, William Dement, MD
Intuitively, we've always known that sleep is important. "There's nothing better than a good night's sleep" is a common expression.
But, for some reason, we don't listen to our own wisdom.
As children, most of us had bedtimes that were the law of the household. Our parents made sure we got enough sleep. They knew what was good for us. As we got older, most of us forgot or ignored the value of sleep.
We live in a culture that values industriousness, work, and productivity, and that frowns on relaxation.
But, sleep and relaxation are the most important part to having a more productive, more creative, and healthier life. In fact, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, doesn’t get out of bed until he gets at least 8 hours of good night’s sleep.
What is healthy sleep?
Healthy sleep means you're getting enough sleep and that you are experiencing all of the stages of sleep in their proper amounts.
How much sleep is enough?
The consensus among sleep researchers is that adults need about 7 to 8 hours a night.
"Although sleep needs vary, people who sleep about eight hours, on average, tend to live longer."
