People who do not get enough sleep often do not understand the danger they put their own body at risk. A constant lack of sleep leads to a decrease in activity, performance, makes a person irritable and inattentive. What else does savings on sleep threaten? Over the past decade, scientists have conducted several major studies and uncovered frightening facts about sleep deprivation. TV channel "360" will tell you about everything in order.
Lack of sleep "pours out" on your skin
An experiment in the UK confirmed that women who slept less than six hours for five consecutive days had an increase in facial wrinkles by 45%, breakouts by 13%, and skin redness by 8%. Plus the hormone melatonin is the first violin in preserving the youth of the body in general and the skin in particular. The peak production of this hormone is 2 am. Consequently, a reduction in nighttime sleep prevents the body from renewing itself and leads to premature aging of the skin.
Lack of sleep increases appetite
For 16 years, American scientists have observed 70 thousand women of different ages and came to the conclusion that those who slept five hours a day are 32% more inclined to gain excess weight. On average, they ate 559 extra calories per day! This is because lack of sleep causes disturbances in the production of two of the most important hormones of appetite - leptin and ghrelin, the imbalance of which leads to overeating and obesity.
Decreased female libido
Lack or lack of sleep in young women leads to decreased levels of sex drive. In turn, according to a 2015 study from Kent State University, each additional hour of sleep increases the likelihood of having sex the next day by 14%. Consequently, sleep has a positive effect on the level of sexual arousal in women. That is, for a woman to feel the desire to make love, she needs to get enough sleep!
Chronic sleep deprivation is tantamount to alcohol intoxication
According to an Australian study, after being awake for 17-19 hours, you may experience impairments in performance and memory, similar to a 0.05% BAC. After 24 hours without sleep, the concentration reaches 0.10 ppm.
Lack of sleep can lead to micro-damage to the brain
Even after one night of sleep deprivation, the brain loses some of its tissue. This can be detected by measuring the level of two molecules in the blood, an increase in which usually signals that the brain has been damaged. Also, lack of sleep affects the essence of mental processes, according to experts from the University of Washington (Washington State University). Without sleep, the brain continues to process information, but distorts it.
Sleep Deficiency Leads to Chronic Drowsiness
And, as a result, to involuntary falling asleep while driving. This is the conclusion reached by the American Traffic Safety Administration. According to their report, sleepiness is one of the most common causes of car accidents. As shown by medical research, a chronically sleep deprived person involuntarily plunges into short-term sleep. It lasts for several seconds, and at this time a person completely loses the ability to react to what is happening around.
If you sleep six hours or less, your risk of road accidents triples.
Lack of sleep can kill you
Those who sleep five hours or less a day have a 15% higher risk of all-cause death than people who rest eight to nine hours. This conclusion was reached by a team of American scientists after completing a large study of the effect of sleep duration on mortality. The results were published in February 2002 in the Archives of General Psychiatry. A lack of sleep at night can trigger the onset of cancer, particularly of the colon, according to experts at Keyes Medical Center.
At the same time, it is worth remembering that excessive sleep will not benefit the body - you cannot get enough sleep for the future. Oversleeping can even lead to negative consequences. For example, provoke diabetes, obesity or depression. Therefore, the main thing here is to find a middle ground, get into the rhythm and stick to it.
Lack of sleep "pours out" on your skin
An experiment in the UK confirmed that women who slept less than six hours for five consecutive days had an increase in facial wrinkles by 45%, breakouts by 13%, and skin redness by 8%. Plus the hormone melatonin is the first violin in preserving the youth of the body in general and the skin in particular. The peak production of this hormone is 2 am. Consequently, a reduction in nighttime sleep prevents the body from renewing itself and leads to premature aging of the skin.
Lack of sleep increases appetite
For 16 years, American scientists have observed 70 thousand women of different ages and came to the conclusion that those who slept five hours a day are 32% more inclined to gain excess weight. On average, they ate 559 extra calories per day! This is because lack of sleep causes disturbances in the production of two of the most important hormones of appetite - leptin and ghrelin, the imbalance of which leads to overeating and obesity.
Decreased female libido
Lack or lack of sleep in young women leads to decreased levels of sex drive. In turn, according to a 2015 study from Kent State University, each additional hour of sleep increases the likelihood of having sex the next day by 14%. Consequently, sleep has a positive effect on the level of sexual arousal in women. That is, for a woman to feel the desire to make love, she needs to get enough sleep!
Chronic sleep deprivation is tantamount to alcohol intoxication
According to an Australian study, after being awake for 17-19 hours, you may experience impairments in performance and memory, similar to a 0.05% BAC. After 24 hours without sleep, the concentration reaches 0.10 ppm.
Lack of sleep can lead to micro-damage to the brain
Even after one night of sleep deprivation, the brain loses some of its tissue. This can be detected by measuring the level of two molecules in the blood, an increase in which usually signals that the brain has been damaged. Also, lack of sleep affects the essence of mental processes, according to experts from the University of Washington (Washington State University). Without sleep, the brain continues to process information, but distorts it.
Sleep Deficiency Leads to Chronic Drowsiness
And, as a result, to involuntary falling asleep while driving. This is the conclusion reached by the American Traffic Safety Administration. According to their report, sleepiness is one of the most common causes of car accidents. As shown by medical research, a chronically sleep deprived person involuntarily plunges into short-term sleep. It lasts for several seconds, and at this time a person completely loses the ability to react to what is happening around.
If you sleep six hours or less, your risk of road accidents triples.
Lack of sleep can kill you
Those who sleep five hours or less a day have a 15% higher risk of all-cause death than people who rest eight to nine hours. This conclusion was reached by a team of American scientists after completing a large study of the effect of sleep duration on mortality. The results were published in February 2002 in the Archives of General Psychiatry. A lack of sleep at night can trigger the onset of cancer, particularly of the colon, according to experts at Keyes Medical Center.
At the same time, it is worth remembering that excessive sleep will not benefit the body - you cannot get enough sleep for the future. Oversleeping can even lead to negative consequences. For example, provoke diabetes, obesity or depression. Therefore, the main thing here is to find a middle ground, get into the rhythm and stick to it.