Has your mom ever told you to “make sure you get a good night’s sleep”? Well believe it or not, getting a good night’s sleep can help in all sorts of ways from preventing a cold, to helping you get good grades. Many studies have been conducted on this topic lately to find out the truth’s about a good night’s sleep.
One huge study that was constructed was how a full night’s sleep could make you more or less likely to get sick. This study found out that people who don’t get the recommended amount of sleep are 3 times more likely to get sick compared to those who get 7+ hours of sleep. Lack of sleep can cause your body to be weak and not focus on things like it usually does, such as fighting off sickness. Having a good quality night’s sleep, like a harder sleeper, also helps the body. The length and quality of sleep are almost tied together though, because in the test, it showed that the harder sleepers slept for longer periods of time anyways.
Other things that good sleep can help out are getting good grades, reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes, physical activity, and
obesity. Studies have shown that instead of staying up late, losing sleep, while cramming for a test, it is actually more beneficial for you to go to bed and get sleep. Your mind works much better on a good night’s sleep, and your memory decreases with loss of sleep. So really, all of that time you stayed up studying, went to waste. Also, it is shown that a good night’s sleep can reduce
the risk of an adolescent getting type 2 diabetes. Studies show that obese teens that don’t get the proper amount of sleep may have some disruptions in insulin secretion and blood sugar levels. The test found out to keep glucose levels normal, a teenager needs 7.5-8.5 hours of sleep each night. That is like going to bed at 10:30 and waking up at 6:30, that actually does not sound that unreasonable. Lastly we have studies that show that a good night of sleep gets you more physically active and less change of being obese. In this study it showed that adults with inadequate sleeping time were inactive during their free time, while adults that got 9+ hours of sleep were active during their free time, this also linked to the obesity stats in my opinion. In that study it showed that adult people that got 7-8 hours of sleep were the least likely to become obese. So next time your mom tells you to get a good night’s sleep, you better think a little deeper into
what she is actually saying.
- Is it better to stay up and cram for a test or
fall asleep? - How many hours of sleep does a teen need?
- What are some key things a good night’s sleep
can do?
I found this very interesting because people are supposed to get about 7.5-8.5 hours of sleep each night. This is what a teen needs. It is actually better to go to sleep than to cram for a test because your brain functions better when you have slept. When we get a goodnight’s sleep, then we fight off sickness and keep focused. Another study found that if you learn something at night that you can connect to something else and you go to sleep, the next morning you will remember more than you remembered the previous night right before going to sleep. Our brains need the sleep time to better understand and remember the information.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814091411.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101102083654.htm
Wow, Matthew martin Pyle I am thoroughly impressed with your biology post. It was nice that you gave clues about what you were going to talk about in your introduction paragraph. Your questions at the end also helped me retain the information given to me through this post.
Did you know that when speaking of sleep it matter more about the quality of sleep you got the night before? This is because drowsiness has a 24 hour lag time.
Overall though, this post served its purpose of educating your fellow biology peers. I commend you on your great biology post.
http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/sleepmatters/index
I know that many people study this and it is not a new research, but it is really new to me that sleep affects the memory and the risk of type 2 diabetes. Now that I think about it, that should make sense because sleep is intended to protect against all diseases, so this disease is too. This was really well written. I enjoyed it. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/evolutionary-psychiatry/201107/the-science-good-nights-sleep
Believe it or not getting good sleep can help you in several different ways. There are several benefits that effect people in functioning in their daily lives. When getting good sleep, your thoughts are more clear, you are more awake and your body is able to function at its best. With the energy or having slept for a while your body is not able to react as quickly or even think as fast as it normally would. Overall, getting good sleep is very vital in your every day live to make sure your body is performing at its best.
I got my information from: http://www.better-sleep-better-life.com/benefits-of-sleep.html
I thought it was interesting how if you just get sleep for more than six hours that or you just get a good night’s sleep that it can prevent you from not getting sick so often and it can keep you healthier. The studies showed that if you stay up trying to cram in studding then whatever you just spent learning is gone because e your brain decreases information with less sleep.
http://www.helpguide.org/life/sleep_tips.htm
If you’re having trouble sleeping it could be caused by sleep schedule, bedtime habits, and day to day lifestyles and choices. The first step to getting better sleep is finding out how many hours of rest you really need most adults, even though it’s not the same for everyone, needs eight hours of sleep.
I think it is better to get a good night’s sleep instead of staying up later then you need to. If you go to bed late then you should take a nap. You should take it for about 30 minutes and early in the afternoon. If you get way more sleep then you need to then you should stop taking naps, because it can cause insomia. The more sleep you get then it will be easier to excerise. Also if you get 9 or more hours of sleep then you will wake up with out an alarm. I agree with going to bed instead of staying up to study for a test. You will also be able to remeber more things. Also by sleep it helps you not become obese.
http://www.helpguide.org/life/sleep_tips.htm