8 Dangers of Sleep Deprivation

Stayed up late to watch the ball follow the development of world cup 2010 can deliver a variety of possible emergence of diseases. Many adverse effects are obtained because of lack of sleep. In addition to jobs and daily activities become stunted, lack of sleep can cause various diseases present in our bodies. These adverse effects can you experience if you sleep less than 7-9 hours per day, and if you do not sleep soundly

Desire fatty snack foods increased

Lack of sleep can eliminate the hormone that regulates appetite. As a result, the desire to eat fatty foods and high in carbohydrates will increase, thus causing you to want high calorie intake. If you sleep for 2 nights is not of very can trigger excessive hunger. This condition occurs because the hormone ghrelin stimulates appetite, and reduce the hormone leptin as an appetite suppressant.

Antibodies to be weak

Those who slept less than 7 hours per night could be 3 times more prone to feeling cold. Other studies have found, in men who sleep less will fail to maintain the body's immune response or immunity normally after receiving flu shot. Those who sleep less, antibodies that work after the vaccination only lasts a maximum of 10 days. These conditions are very dangerous. Improve quality of sleep, and then you will increase your immune.

Susceptible to diabetes

Sugar is the fuel every cell in your body. If the processing process can cause adverse effects disturbed. In a study by the University of Chicago, USA, which examined a number of people for 6 days, get this condition can develop resistance to insulin, a hormone that helps transport glucose from the bloodstream into the cells. This led to the improper sugar metabolism. The result can cause the onset of diabetes.

Stress increases

Studies by the University of Chicago also found that sleeping less than 7 hours could increase the production of cortisol or stress hormones. Even in the afternoon and at night can increase heart rate, blood pressure and blood glucose that can lead to hypertension, heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

Trigger anxiety

A sense of restless every night would continue to haunt those who have poor sleep quality. Body reaction could be decreased. More chronic again, feeling happy is not going over their lives that lack of sleep, because sleep and mood is governed by the same brain chemicals. This can increase the risk of developing depression, but probably only for those already susceptible to disease.

Looked older

Those that lack of sleep usually have pale skin and tired face. "Even worse, increased levels of cortisol can slow the production of collagen which triggered the wrinkles more quickly," said Jyotsna Sahni, MD, a sleep problem at Canyon Ranch, Tucson.

Various pains can arise

Not surprisingly, chronic pain such as back problems or arthritis can only occur when you perform activities of poor sleep. In a study from Johns Hopkins Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program, director Michael Smith, PhD, waking healthy young adults for 20 minutes every hour for 8 hours for 3 consecutive days. As a result, they have a lower pain tolerance, and easy to experience pain.

Higher cancer risk

Exercise helps prevent cancer, but too little shut eye can damage the protective effect. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health studied nearly 6,000 women for about a decade and found that sports fans that slept 7 hours or less per night have a 50% greater chance of cancer than those who regularly do gymnastics and have a good sleep quality. This happens because of poor quality sleep can cause hormonal and metabolic disorders associated with cancer risk, and can 'delete' the benefits of exercise.