I believed that sleep is the greatest activity in the world I've ever done, people spend 1/3 of their life on bed, why should we spend so much time on it? Is it good for us? What if we don't sleep?
All these question will all answered in my amazing portfolio, let us begin!
Info graphic
I found some graph from other website which I think is pretty helpful. I think these map he made will make you learn more about Sleep.
Here comes the graphic looks like
It's pretty interesting to know that if you sleep less than 7 hours per night, the more probability you will get heart disease. If you didn't sleep for more than 7 hours, I recommend you to go sleep now. You may want to get away from problems, and stay healthy.
This graphic also give us the percentage of people's hours of sleep, sleep quality with age, compare with different people. If you are afraid of this, there is a method to solve, look at the bottom of the picture, " A single night of sleep can more than double our ability to come up with novel solutions to difficult problems." It does teach you how to solved the problem.
Which country do you think spend shortest time for sleep? New York? No! It's Japan, Tokyo. It's a convenience city, but people work for company's average time for sleep is 6 hours!! Can you Imagined that?! This means people who lived in Japan, Tokyo have a high probability to get a heart disease. Remember to concern your time for sleep.
Sleep Requirements by Age
| Newborns (0-2 months old) | 12-18 hours |
| Infants (3-11 months old) | 14-15 Hours |
| Toddlers (1-3 years old)l | 12-14 Hours |
| Pre-schoolers (3-5 years old) | 11-13 Hours |
| School-aged Children (5-10 years old) | 10-11 Hours |
| Teens (11-17 years old) | 8-9 Hours |
| Adults | 7-9 Hours |
Japanese should really take care of their health, 6 hours is VERY bad for your health.
Sleeping Position
Scientists believed that sleeping position will provide an important clue about the kind of person they are.
which kind of position are you??
Newspaper Article
People spend one third of their life on their bed, does it worth to spend this much of time?
Of course it worth!
Most people in the world doesn't seems so care about sleep, they don't know how important sleep was. According to the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School, your body manages and requires sleep in much the same way that it regulates the needed for eating, drinking, and breathing. Research has been done on the effects of sleep. These studies have consistently shown that sleep plays a important role in promoting physical health and emotional well-being.
The explains why after a relax sleep you will feel better, your thought are more clear. Without adequate sleep, judgment, mood, and ability to learn and retain information are weakened.
Benefits:
Sleep helps to repair your body.
Your body produces extra protein molecules while you're sleeping that helps strengthen your ability to fight infection and stay healthy. These molecules help your immune system mend your body at a cellular level when you are stressed or have been exposed to compromising elements such as pollutants and infectious bacteria.
Sleep helps keep your heart healthy.
Your cardiovascular system is constantly under pressure and sleep helps to reduce the levels of stress and inflammation in your body. High levels of "inflammatory markers" are linked to heart disease and strokes. Sleep can also help keep blood pressure and cholesterol levels (which play a role in heart disease) in check.
Sleep reduces stress.
A good night's sleep can help lower blood pressure and elevated levels of stress hormones, which are a natural result of today's fast paced lifestyle. High blood pressure can be life threatening and the physical effects of stress can produce "'wear and tear" on your body and degenerate cells, which propel the aging process. Sleep helps to slow these effects and encourages a state of relaxation.
Sleep improves your memory.
That 'foggy' feeling that you struggle with when deprived of sleep makes it difficult to concentrate. This often leads to memory problems with facts, faces, lessons, or even conversations. Sleeping well eliminates these difficulties because, as you sleep, your brain is busy organizing and correlating memories.
Sleep helps control body weight issues.
Sleep helps regulate the hormones that affect and control your appetite. Studies have shown that when your body is deprived of sleep, the normal hormone balances are interrupted and your appetite increases. Unfortunately this increase in appetite doesn't lead to a craving for fruits and veggies. Rather, your body longs for foods high in calories, fats, and carbohydrates.
Sleep reduces your chances of diabetes
Researchers have shown that lack of sleep may lead to type 2 diabetes by affecting how your body processes glucose, which is the carbohydrate your cells use for fuel.
The Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School reports that a study showed a healthy group of people who had reduced their sleep from eight to four hours per night processed glucose more slowly. Other research initiatives have revealed that adults who usually sleep less than five hours per night have a greatly increased risk of developing diabetes.
Sleep reduces the occurrence of mood disorders.
With insufficient sleep during the night, many people become agitated or moody the following day. Yet, when limited sleep becomes a chronic issue, studies have shown it can lead to long-term mood disorders such as depression or anxiety.
The benefits of sleep are extensive and can make a difference in your quality of life, as well as the length of your life. Therefore, it is vital to place a priority on getting ample, consistent sleep.
Local Problems
"In Shanghai, people simply seem to go to sleep earlier. Everyone in all the cities gets up around the same time in the mornings, between 6:30 and 7:00, In Tokyo, on top of the long days, people seem to do things after they get home as well, like playing computer games. They don't sleep until after midnight."
In recent years, electronic device are improving, computer, phone, television, and mp3 become the daily object of human beings. These device decrease human beings time for sleep, people lived in Tokyo who work for company use electrical device to relax their stress.
This is a big problem for the most convenience city in Japan, because people should sleep full 8 hours, or they will hurt their health. In my opinion, Japan should improve this part of problems, or they will face a high risk. Fortunately, Japan has a good medical device, they can make the chances of having diseases lower.
Also, people who often liked to talk on phone before sleeping will easier got cancer. people who drink water before sleep will become chubby.
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