April 26, 2024

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Nurturing Whole Body Health

Find Out What Losing Sleep Does to a Body

Sleep deficiency can make you exhausted. Not having good sleep because of some external impact on your mind is referring to as sleeping deficiency or sleep deprivation whereas insomnia refers to an incapability to sleep, in spite of having the chance to do so.

Sufficient sleep is very important for your health. Lack of sleep can have serious effects on your health in form of both physical and mental impairment. Sleeping deficiency can harm you in the form of diseases like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity and depression. Other disorders of sleeping deficiency are: hypertension, irritability, slower reaction, slurred speech and tremble. Sleeping deficiency has been proven to be fatal. Without enough rest, the brain’s ability to function quickly deteriorates. The brain operates less effectively: concentration levels go down, and memory becomes impaired. In addition of these diseases, sleeping deficiency can affect your job in every aspect thus increasing risk of losing jobs.

If you are suffering with a sleep deficit, these tips may help you to get out of this:

– Regularly eat breakfast to attain energy.
– Always eat meals that combine carbohydrates and protein. Try to avoid high sugar foods.
– Always take a morning brisk walk, you will feel more energetic.
– Always take a short walk outside or around the office, you will feel more attentive.
– Don’t do the same work for the long time; it will make you exhausted, tiresome.

Drowsy Driving

Accidents and deaths every year are the results of driver tiredness. For the safety of yourself and others, it is important to know the symptoms of driving drowsy and to know what to do when you find yourself feeling sleepy while driving:

Symbols or symptoms of drowsy driving:

o Difficulty in focusing, repeatedly blinking of eyes.

o Inattentiveness; occurrence of disconnected thoughts

o Forgetting the last few miles you have driven and also missing traffic signs

o Yawning again and again or rubbing your eyes

o Wandering from your lane, track

o Feeling of impatient and short-tempered

To overcome these problems follow the following things:

Stop and nap: It is better to take rest at a rest stop or other safe location rather than feeling drowsy in the car while driving. A small nap in your parked car can improve your attentiveness.

Have a companion while driving: Always have driving partners for long journeys so that half of the time your partner can drive and enables you to get some sleep. But, if you are driving in the night, it will be good for you both to stay awake and talk each other to make sure that the driver is staying alert.

Throw away your misconceptions: Sometimes people feel that a loud radio or freezing flash of air conditioning is enough to keep you alert while driving if you are sleepy. Same way tea, coffee or other such drinks cannot overcome the effects of heavy sleep deficiency. Again, you are suggested if you want to be safe then pull off the road and nap