The Relationship Between Sleep Deprivation And The Human Body

Sleep is undoubtedly one of the most essential requirements for the human body to function properly. It plays a very important role in ensuring the wellness of the human body both physically as well as mentally. In fact, the importance of sleep is clear from the fact that it helps you in maintaining a good lifestyle throughout our entire lifetime. Not only does it help maintain our physical and mental health; rather it also helps in maintaining a decent and healthy lifestyle along with ensuring safety from a number of fatal diseases. It is usually said that the mood in which you wake up is largely dependent on the type of sleep you have been in. This in itself is a big proof of the importance of sleep in our lives. While sleeping, our body finally gets its share of rest and it also gets ample time in rejuvenating from all the wear and tear that it went through during the entire day. Not only this, the body is in its own working condition when we are sleeping as this is the time when it supports the healthy functioning of the brain as well as physical attributes of our body.

According to Myers and DeWall, “studies in Europe, Japan, and the United States show that children and adults who suffer from sleep loss are more vulnerable to obesity. With sleep deprivation, the levels of leptin (which reports body fat to the brain) fall, and ghrelin (the appetite-stimulating stomach hormone) rise” (Keith, 2006 as cited by Myers and DeWall, 2015). It is important that we regulate our sleep so that we can get the most sleep possible, because it is important for maintaining body weight and hunger hormones. According to Myers and DeWall, the

I chose to review the article, “Sleep Duration Versus Sleep Insufficiency as Predictors of Cardiometabolic Health Outcomes” (Altman et al., 2012). This article is particularly interesting to me because the methods and design utilized by the authors are similar to the research that I am currently involved in. I am also particularly interested in behavioral interventions for the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. What is currently understood about the relationship between sleep and BMI suggests that these phenomena may have several contributing metabolic factors. During undisturbed, slow-wave sleep, energy is conserved in slower heart rate, digestion, and muscle activity and may be redirected to immune function and hormone synthesis and dispersal during slow-wave sleep (Jung, Melanson, Frydendall, Perreault, Eckel, & Wright, 2010). Thus an appropriate level of quality sleep for humans is important for overall energy homeostasis.

Recent studies indicate that not having enough sleep can lead to obesity (Obesity Prevention Source, n.p.). For instance, one recent study on teenagers revealed that with every hour short of sleep increases the chances of becoming obese. The same study states that this was true for all ages. Sleeping helps in maintaining a healthy balance of the body hormones that provokes hunger such as ghrelin and leptin hormones. Lack of enough sleep causes the hormone ghrelin to rise while the leptin level reduces. As a result, one will become much hungrier than when they are well-rested. Sleeping is also said to have direct impact on the way the body reacts the hormone insulin which is responsible for control the level of sugar or glucose in the blood. Inadequate sleep brings about excessive blood sugar levels and increases the risks for diabetes. On the other hand, studies reveal that people who fond of sleeping for fewer hours seem to have a preference for lighter and calorie-rich foods as well as carbohydrates. Such foods result in overeating, gaining weight and obesity in the long run (What Causes Overweight and Obesity,

Sleep is an essential part of any person’s health, however few people seem to realize that not receiving enough sleep can double the risk of becoming obese.“The ‘epidemic’ of obesity is paralleled by a ‘silent epidemic’ of reduced sleep duration with short sleep duration linked to the increased risk of obesity both in adults and in children”(Professor Cappuio). Someone who has developed a sleeping disorder such as, sleep apnea, may not have the motivation to diet or exercise, due to daytime sleepiness. Scientists at the University of Chicago conucted a study in 1999, which restricted eleven healthy young adults to four hours of sleep for six nights. The scientist discovered that restricting individuals to this amount of sleep impaired metabolism functions and disrupted hormone levels. It was also found that the subject’s abilities to process glucose in the blood had declined, in some cases to the level of diabities. ” Not only does obesity contribute to sleep problems such as sleep apnea, but sleep problems can also contribute to obesity.”(National Sleep Foundation)

Thesis: Sleep plays an essential part in a person’s health and well-being; the way we feel while awake is dependent upon what happens to your body while asleep.

Sleep is one of the unavoidable daily-living activities and it is one of the most important factors contributing to a person’s health. A quality sleep is essential for the physical, cognitive and psychological well-being of a person. Learning, memory processing and maintenance of the brain are among the most important functions of sleep. In addition to maintaining the brain, sleep has important roles in controlling the

Despite the critical importance of sleep to general health, there remains a large population afflicted by traits that inhibit them from sleeping, or sleeping well. Again, due to the important role of sleep, one would anticipate a decrease in sleep disorders over the

Studies show that people who suffer from sleep loss are at a higher risk for obesity. The hormone leptin helps regulate the storage of body fat within your body. When you become sleep deprived your body does not produce as much leptin. The more sleep you are losing every night, increases your desire for unhealthy food and inability to do any activities. This causes you to stay in bed lounging around all day rather than being active and engaging in physical activities.

“Why do we sleep?” is a very popular questions that many humans ask today. Sleep is very sufficient to the human body. If it was not important, then God would not have designed for a third of our life to be occupied by sleep. During this time period, many people are interested to know what is a good amount of sleep and what are the harmful effects to not getting enough sleep.

One possible cause of obesity was attributed to the unexpected association between increased daytime sleep and patterns of eating. Prior studies noted that sleep deprivation led to a decrease in optimal endocrine system functioning, which further resulted in decreased satiety and increased food cravings and caloric intake in

Sleep deprivation comes with many risks such as impaired cognitive performance, behavioral changes, and health issues. This paper will review research on sleep deprivation and inadequate sleeping patterns such as napping to make up for loss of sleep. This paper will explain the normal sleeping patterns that one

Many factors like eating habits, activity levels are important predictors of health, but not many are as important as the impact that sleep has on someone’s life. Sleep has an overall controlling dictating effect on one’s health habits. With the increasing rates of obesity in both adults and children, research has been making advancements in determining the role that sleep or the lack of it has contributed to obesity in children internationally. Based on my review of the available literature, it seems that insufficient sleep has produced the increase of unhealthy behaviors such as excessive consumption of sugary drinks among young children. With children especially, the proliferation in technology available to them is making a real influence on the hours of slumber they get and are thus indirectly impacting the rest of their health through the modification of their choices in nourishment.

To conclude, my standpoint is that lack of sleep has no positive effects on the human body. Studies show that 20 percent of adults

Sleep is essential to humans, without it several things could go wrong among the immune system. In a study carried out by Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick it is showed “…that sleep deprivation may lead to obesity through increased appetite as a result of hormonal changes. Not sleeping enough pushes the body to produce Ghrelin, a hormone that stimulates appetite. Lack of sleep also results in your body producing less Leptin, a hormone that suppresses appetite.” Along with poor calorie intake, individual are over eating endocrine disruptors, foods that slow down and suppress the metabolic system. A common endocrine disruptor would be Fructose, the substance is found in almost all sugared beverages such as soda and juice. Fructose along with slowing down an individual’s metabolic syndrome, it alters an individual’s energy and attacks the liver,