thepiggs 2 years, 1 month ago said: Week 5 Get eight hours of sleep each night. How many of us actually do this? That's seven nights in a row of making sure you get at least eight hours of good sleep each night.
notyourmomma 2 years, 1 month ago said: Consequences of sleep loss, wow! Lack of sleep alters hormones, metabolism By John Easton Medical Center Public Affairs
Chronic sleep loss can reduce the capacity of even young adults to perform basic metabolic functions, such as processing and storing carbohydrates or regulating hormone secretion, report researchers from the University’s medical center in a recent issue of The Lancet.
Cutting back from the standard eight down to four hours of sleep each night produced striking changes in glucose tolerance and endocrine function––changes that resembled the effects of advanced age or the early stages of diabetes––after less than one week.
Although many studies have examined the short-term effects of acute, total sleep deprivation on the brain, this is the first to investigate the impact of chronic, partial sleep loss on the body by evaluating the metabolism and hormone secretion of subjects who were subjected to sleep restriction and after-sleep recovery.
“We found that the metabolic and endocrine changes resulting from a significant sleep debt mimic many of the hallmarks of aging,” said Eve Van Cauter, Research Professor in Medicine and director of the study. “We suspect that chronic sleep loss may not only hasten the onset but could also increase the severity of age-related ailments such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity and memory loss.”
thepiggs 2 years, 1 month ago said: RE: Week 5 I'm glad you posted that. That info is similar to what I've read wanted to convey.
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thepiggs 2 years, 1 month ago said:
Week 5
Get eight hours of sleep each night.
How many of us actually do this? That's seven nights in a row of making sure you get at least eight hours of good sleep each night.
notyourmomma 2 years, 1 month ago said:
Consequences of sleep loss, wow!
Lack of sleep alters hormones, metabolism
By John Easton
Medical Center Public Affairs
Chronic sleep loss can reduce the capacity of even young adults to perform basic metabolic functions, such as processing and storing carbohydrates or regulating hormone secretion, report researchers from the University’s medical center in a recent issue of The Lancet.
Cutting back from the standard eight down to four hours of sleep each night produced striking changes in glucose tolerance and endocrine function––changes that resembled the effects of advanced age or the early stages of diabetes––after less than one week.
Although many studies have examined the short-term effects of acute, total sleep deprivation on the brain, this is the first to investigate the impact of chronic, partial sleep loss on the body by evaluating the metabolism and hormone secretion of subjects who were subjected to sleep restriction and after-sleep recovery.
“We found that the metabolic and endocrine changes resulting from a significant sleep debt mimic many of the hallmarks of aging,” said Eve Van Cauter, Research Professor in Medicine and director of the study. “We suspect that chronic sleep loss may not only hasten the onset but could also increase the severity of age-related ailments such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity and memory loss.”
thepiggs 2 years, 1 month ago said:
RE: Week 5
I'm glad you posted that. That info is similar to what I've read wanted to convey.