It has been quite a hectic period - it's like both of us were down with some illness at different point of time recently, so much so that it's making us feel stressed out, and feeling more sian much more easily. Everything feels so tensed up lately. And it doesn't help when things are piling up. We decided to attribute it to lack of sleep. Made a few pacts on my own to gain back my 'lost' weight after the shocking chanced discovery over at the clinic last Thursday. It hit me back to that 'phobic era', thankfully, plans has been made to get me back on track, starting with main culprit (assumingly) - sleep. Therefore, i did myself a favour and find out more on what seems to be an underlying consequences many of us are facing.
When you sleep late, body will release tons of destructive hormones, known as cortisol (stress hormone) into our bloodstream, which affects our call health. Staying up late forces body to release them and that is exactly what our body DO NOT need because it increases blood pressure, weakens immune system, slows down growth and cell renewal and interferes with sleep by reducing serotonin levels. Serotonin is useful for regulating of intestinal movements as well as various other functions including regulation of mood, appetite, sleep, muscle contraction and memory and learning. That is also the reason why human beings appear restlees and failed to function properly if they experience inadequate sleep. One could also lose their ability to concentrate and remember things.
If experiencing inadequate sleep, one might have the chance to display irritation, moodiness as well as disinhibition. It's just as worse as provoking a women who's having PMS. I personally feel that there is a vicious cycle between Stress and Sleep. Sleep is the number one cause of sleeping difficulties, and in turn, lakc of sleep also triggers stress. Immune system could also suffer, making one more vulnerable to illness like colds, cough, and other infections or disease.
Apparantly, it's not only how long you sleep that matters but when do you sleep that matters. Best optimal time to sleep is between 11pm to 1am as researched, because it is said that this is the period of time when the body is producing the highest level of growth and regenerative hormones beneficial to our body, which could also means better sleep quality.
Some people will experience no desires to eat, even after few hours after waking up, me included. Found out that it's mainly because our own body entered into a state of survial mode protection and not because we are not hungry. Probably the appetite is not there and few hours later, you start feeling hungry and you can hear your tummy growling. Each time that happens, it spell danger. Think again, a body without food for probably more than 12 hours (assuming you didn't eat supper), how healthy and 'logical' can that be.
When you sleep late, body will release tons of destructive hormones, known as cortisol (stress hormone) into our bloodstream, which affects our call health. Staying up late forces body to release them and that is exactly what our body DO NOT need because it increases blood pressure, weakens immune system, slows down growth and cell renewal and interferes with sleep by reducing serotonin levels. Serotonin is useful for regulating of intestinal movements as well as various other functions including regulation of mood, appetite, sleep, muscle contraction and memory and learning. That is also the reason why human beings appear restlees and failed to function properly if they experience inadequate sleep. One could also lose their ability to concentrate and remember things.
If experiencing inadequate sleep, one might have the chance to display irritation, moodiness as well as disinhibition. It's just as worse as provoking a women who's having PMS. I personally feel that there is a vicious cycle between Stress and Sleep. Sleep is the number one cause of sleeping difficulties, and in turn, lakc of sleep also triggers stress. Immune system could also suffer, making one more vulnerable to illness like colds, cough, and other infections or disease.
Apparantly, it's not only how long you sleep that matters but when do you sleep that matters. Best optimal time to sleep is between 11pm to 1am as researched, because it is said that this is the period of time when the body is producing the highest level of growth and regenerative hormones beneficial to our body, which could also means better sleep quality.
Some people will experience no desires to eat, even after few hours after waking up, me included. Found out that it's mainly because our own body entered into a state of survial mode protection and not because we are not hungry. Probably the appetite is not there and few hours later, you start feeling hungry and you can hear your tummy growling. Each time that happens, it spell danger. Think again, a body without food for probably more than 12 hours (assuming you didn't eat supper), how healthy and 'logical' can that be.
Firstly, everyone's individual sleep needs vary. Some are able to function with as little as 4 hours of sleep, whereas some, after 10 hours of sleep, still feels they are not at their peak of their normal self. Nobody can tells you exactly how many hours you should sleep, afterall, only you know your own body best and well.
To overcome the lack of sleep, as a first step to avoid the caffeine intake i suppose. Exercise also helps you to improve the quality of sleep. And that excludes exercising right before bed. Speaking of which, just when you thought supper (yums) is a nice day to make you feel sleepy, guess what, instead, it could easily increase risk of heartburn which could keep you awake through the night.
Keeping a regular sleep/wake schedule is the most important among all. Bad habits can be developed for example watching TV in bed, taking long naps during the dat to compensate for inadequate sleep at night. A definitely wrong way of compensation i realised. Sleeping in the day and sleep at night is two entirely different thing.
Something as simple as sleeping, can have such a huge impact in our lives. One thing leads to another, same for sleep, whether we have enough sleep or not, reflect on how our day will pass by, somehow, directly or indirectly. So, avoid sleeping late.....
To overcome the lack of sleep, as a first step to avoid the caffeine intake i suppose. Exercise also helps you to improve the quality of sleep. And that excludes exercising right before bed. Speaking of which, just when you thought supper (yums) is a nice day to make you feel sleepy, guess what, instead, it could easily increase risk of heartburn which could keep you awake through the night.
Keeping a regular sleep/wake schedule is the most important among all. Bad habits can be developed for example watching TV in bed, taking long naps during the dat to compensate for inadequate sleep at night. A definitely wrong way of compensation i realised. Sleeping in the day and sleep at night is two entirely different thing.
Something as simple as sleeping, can have such a huge impact in our lives. One thing leads to another, same for sleep, whether we have enough sleep or not, reflect on how our day will pass by, somehow, directly or indirectly. So, avoid sleeping late.....
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