Having A Healthy Sleep Habit.

Sleep can be known as a condition which helps to recur the body system including the muscles to relax or rest. Without sleep, the body system won’t be able to rest because some body parts may still be at work like our eyes opened and other things. But, when we sleep, the whole body rests and resumes work the moment we wake up from the sleep.

Sleep has a big impact on our health. No matter how little a sleep time can be, some parts of our bodies have rested and recovered within that short time.
One important aspect of having a good sleep is how it strengthens our hearts. Sleep helps to strengthen the heart of humans. This way, the blood pressure of the body will be lowered and the risk of heart disease will be reduced.

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Sleep also increases energy. For example, people like athletes are mostly advised to get enough sleep so they will have strength for the forthcoming event. This doesn’t have to do with only them. This is a messge to us to. If we need more strength, we do not have to take any pill. We can have an adequate sleep and with that, our body system will recover from tiredness and there will be strength.

Anxiety will be reduced as well. When we fall asleep, the rate of being anxious will surely decrease because the body has taken a break and the part which anxiety comes from in the body will take a break as well.

So, sleep is very important to us. We should not only sleep but we should have adequate sleep. There is always a sleep time for different ages but for adults, it is advised to sleep between seven to nine hours. If an adult doesn’t sleep up to seven hours, such person will develop health problems.

I was a victim of inadequate sleep which led to a serious health condition and I spent a lot of money on it before I was totally fine. Staying out at night may be okay but once you get back to your abode, have a good sleep.
If someone is ill, no matter how good the medicine prescribed to such person is, it won’t work without adequate sleep. Sleep helps us recover better and faster.

There are some people who do not take sleep seriously or as something important. This is why there are people who develop some medical condition out of the blues. There is a medical condition called sleep deprivation which occurs when you do not have enough sleep or maybe sleep at the wrong time of the day.

One of the negative effects of sleep deprivation is memory lapses. Anyone who doesn’t sleep wouldn’t let his muscles or brain rest well and such person is likely to forget things quickly. If there is no enough sleep, the brain becomes stressed and it affects the memory which causes the person to forget things quick.
Sleep is said to help flush out waste products that builds up in the brain daily but without sleep, or adequate sleep, the waste products will accumulate in the brain and lead to memory lapses.

The immune system might be weakened as well. When you do not have enough sleep, the immune system will keep fighting as long as you are active and awake till it gets tired and weak.
Then, when the immune system gets weak, it won’t be able to fight the health conditions that comes with sleep deprivation.

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Truly, many issues like sleeping environment, work or your lifestyle behavior is enough to cause sleep deprivation but you can regulate your sleep. Set a bed and wake time which you will follow, have a good sleeping environment and avoid anything that will disrupt your sleep.

When you do all of these, your sleep becomes better and your health status will improve.

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REFERENCES STUDIES

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/sleep-deprivation#

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/sleep-deprivation

https://www.healthline.com/health/why-do-we-sleep

https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-lifestyle/sleep/how-sleep-affects-health-infographic