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Night Shifts
The World Health Organization has listed night-shift work as a cause of cancer in our bodies.
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Poor Sleep
As our sleep patterns shift, leading to poor or no rest, there are a bunch of diseases that become more likely:
- Obesity
- High blood pressure
- Alzheimer's disease
- Metabolic imbalances and diabetes
- Heart disease.
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Social Jet Lag
Irregular sleep schedules and broken sleep-wake times are not just an occasional traveling phenomenon, but a wider problem due to our social lives conflicting with our sleep patterns.
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Our Internal Alarm Clock
Our internal body clocks are better programmed to help us sleep and wake up, according to our unique body chemistry and energy levels.
Ignoring our internal clocks in favor of the alarm clock, and following our social obligations, sacrificing on sleep, is taking its toll on our health.
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Some jobs require night shift work, such as hospitals or 24-hour shops. With planning, it is possible to work all night and still get eight hours of sleep in the day.
While it is possible to get used to night shift, there's evidence that some people find it much harder than others.
Sleeping less than 6 hours
Routinely sleeping less than six hours a night also compromises your immune system, significantly increasing your risk of cancer.
So much so, that recently the World Health Organization classified any form of night-time shiftwork as a probable carcinogen.
The Right Amount Of Work
The World Health Organization(WHO) recently recognized the symptoms of workplace burnout, with too much work wreaking havoc on our mental health, all across the world.
Surprisingly, not working too has similar mental health effects, and there is a middle ground, an effective dose of work t...
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