I'm not sure if any of you caught the segment on 60 minutes this past Sunday evening on sleep and health, but, if you didn't it was a real eye opener. Some of the highlights (or lowlights) include the following:
After 6 nights of sleep deprivation, subjects of one study were found to be pre-diabetic…6 nights!
Leptin hormone concentrations are altered by sleep deprivation such that you become hungrier and consume more calories. This kind of makes sense that I you’re awake more you would eat more, but these calories may be in excess of your daily requirements and increase fat storage.
A lack of deep sleep may be risk factor in most of the major cardiovascular diseases.
As we age, we spend less time in deep sleep.
Sleep is not just a primary recovery tool as part of your training, but it’s also an important component of overall health.
One little piece of advice: Try to go to sleep and wake at the same times each day. Otherwise, it’s like constantly changing time zones which makes it harder to get restorative sleep.
Here’s a link to the 60 minutes segment:
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