Studies have found that long-time sleeplessness makes the body adapt to the habit and forget how big the difference adequate sleep makes in terms S tudies have found that long-time sleeplessness makes the body adapt to the habit and forget how big the difference adequate sleep makes in terms of energy and performance. These people usually exercise regularly and eat healthy foods but think it’s okay to sleep a bit less. However, their blood test results are shockingly the same as those of old people.
Dr Kirk Parsley, a retired Navy SEAL and SEAL medical officer was also surprised to find that the blood results of those young SEALs, who are reputed for their physical fitness, looked like those of old men. The reason was due to constant low sleep and high stress from grueling training regimen which usually starts at dawn and continued into late night for days. Neuroscientists in the world’s largest sleep study by the Brain and Mind Institute, Canada, has discovered that 1.8 hours short of your total sleep need makes your brain function like a drunk.
So if your New Year celebration plan will make you stay up all night, let’s look for something with a little more kindness to yourself. Let’s wake up to greet the first day of 2024 with fresh body and mind.
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