{"id":3008,"date":"2024-03-19T00:28:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T18:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medcollegedarshan.com\/?p=3008"},"modified":"2024-04-01T05:16:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T23:46:43","slug":"the-impact-of-sleep-on-health-and-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medcollegedarshan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/the-impact-of-sleep-on-health-and-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Get Enough Sleep ? Here is Everything You Need To Know About The Impact of Sleep on Health and Productivity !"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you get enough sleep ? The answer is NO for nine among ten. If one is having sound sleep also they might feel exhausted. The 3 pillars of health are &#8211; <strong>Nutrition , physical exercise and sleep<\/strong> . Sleep is a biological necessity . Healthy sleep is important for cognitive functioning , mood , mental health and cardiovascular health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-ocean-gradient-background has-background\"><strong><em>&#8220;Sleep is an investment in the energy you need to be effective tomorrow &#8220;<\/em><\/strong>                                                                                         .                                                                                                                                                                                      &#8211; <strong>\u00a0Tom Roth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sleep plays a vital role as adolescents develop and go through the maturation process . Getting sleep helps prevent illness. Good sleep is associated with good health. We spend approximately 1\/3rd of our life asleep. It is an involuntary process without which we cannot function effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Benefits of quality sleep include :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>improves mood<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>healthy heart<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>regulated blood sugar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>improve mental function<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>restore immune system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>relief stress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Health impacts of poor sleep include :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>weight gain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>dementia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>depression<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>anxiety<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>high blood pressure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>injury from accidents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>poor focus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>mood swings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>higher risk for illness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>There are many lifestyle changes people can make to get enough sleep on a regular basis &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Proper routine<\/strong> &#8211; practice a nightly routine like reading books before bedtime<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Exercise<\/strong> &#8211; It is found to improve sleep quality and make falling asleep easier<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Be consistent<\/strong> &#8211; Going to sleep early at night and waking up early morning can promote healthy sleep<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Avoid drinking coffee and alcohol too close to bedtime<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cool and silent environment can make you asleep faster<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dim dark environment help you go to sleep easier<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>How much sleep do we need :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan-gradient-background has-background wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Newborns : 16 -18 hours a day<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pre school aged children : 11-12 hours a day<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>School aged children : 10 hours a day<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Teens : 9-10 hours a day<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Adults : 7-8 hours a day<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When you are not getting enough sleep , body accumulates a sleep debt that will add up overtime and impact our well being . So quality sleep is a necessity as it is restorative to the soul and spirit and essential for maintaining our baseline mental health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-blush-light-purple-gradient-background has-background\">&#8220;<strong><em>True silence is the rest of the mind , and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body , nourishment and refreshment .&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>                                                                                                                                                                                                                   .                                                                                                                                                                                           &#8211; <strong>William Penn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you get enough sleep ? The answer is NO for nine among ten. If one is having sound sleep also they might feel exhausted. The 3 pillars of health are &#8211; Nutrition , physical exercise and sleep . Sleep is a biological necessity . Healthy sleep is important for cognitive functioning , mood , [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":3009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_glsr_average":0,"_glsr_ranking":0,"_glsr_reviews":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[622,13,619,623,627,628,12,625,617,618,616,295,624,621,626,620],"class_list":["post-3008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-treding","tag-do-you-get-enough-sleep","tag-doctor","tag-good-sleep","tag-healthy-sleep","tag-how-much-we-should-sleep","tag-is-sleeping-4-hours-enough","tag-mbbs","tag-mental-health","tag-poor-sleep","tag-quality-sleep","tag-sleep","tag-sleep-cycle","tag-sleep-debt","tag-sleep-is-an-investment-in-the-energy-you-need-to-be-effective-tomorrow","tag-sleep-medicine","tag-sound-sleep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medcollegedarshan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medcollegedarshan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medcollegedarshan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medcollegedarshan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medcollegedarshan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3008"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medcollegedarshan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3013,"href":"https:\/\/medcollegedarshan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3008\/revisions\/3013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medcollegedarshan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medcollegedarshan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medcollegedarshan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medcollegedarshan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}