Sleep Deprivation

Sleep Deprivation

What is it?

Sleep deprivation is a term to describe the fact that most of the people living in the U.S. is not getting enough sleep.

Teens should get around 9 hours of sleep and adults should get around 7-8 hours of sleep.

What is the effect of it?

When people are sleep deprived...

1. The brain does not function well.

2. The heart becomes weaker

3. The immune system gets weaker

4. The body is more likely to get obese

5. The body becomes tired and tries to fall asleep while you are awake

Statistics

Good Food For Sleep

Bread, bagels, and crackers are good because it is high in carbohydrates. carbohydrates increases serotonin, which promotes sleep.

Milk contains tryptophan that is converted to serotonin.

Lettuce has niacin which is involved in seratonin synthesis and promotes sleep.

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Fun Facts About Sleep Deprivation!!!

The record for not sleeping is:18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes during a rocking chair marathon. The record holder suffered hallucinations and memory lapses.

The Stages of Sleep

There are 5 stages of sleep.

1: Non -REM(rapid eye movement)

• Between sleep and wake
• Brain waves relax

2: Non-REM

• Light sleep
• Person can be easily woken
• Deeper stage of relaxation

3&4: Non-REM

• Person is generally unresponsive
• Heartbeat and respiration rate decrease
• Muscles relax

5:REM

• Eyes twitch
• Heart rate and breathing become more irregular

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Teens Need Morning Light!!

Teens are spending more time indoors and missing out the essential morning light needed to stimulate the body's 24-hour biological system. The teens missing morning light are more likely to not get enough sleep. The morning-light- deprived students go to bed later, getting less sleep and under-performing on standardized tests. When the students do not get exposed to morning light in the morning, then it delays the onset of melatonin, the hormone that indicates nighttime. The schools are not providing the electric light or daylight to stimulate this system, regulating body temperature, alertness, appetite, hormones, and sleep patterns. Our systems are more sensitive to light, therefore, it is necessary to have light in the classroom that can stimulate our biological system.

Bob is saying, "A good morning light is sooo refreshing!!! Light bulbs will never be able to replace it!!"

Bob, the sleep master. Copy right to Grace Chang

Lack of Sleep Can Be Mistaken for ADHD

Lack of sleep is the cause for psychiatric disorders in people. Harvard psychiatry professor Robert Stickgold believes that lack of sleep can trigger anxiety condition, post traumatic stress disorder. That is because the lack of sleep limits the necessary memory processing needed to work through the trauma.

Picture from

http://www.adhd.co.nz/