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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.
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Insufficient sleep and weight gain
Poor sleeping swells concentrations of a hormone that makes you feel hungry while suppressing a companion hormone that otherwise signals food satisfaction. Despite being full, you will still want to eat more.
And if you try to diet but don’t get enough sleep while doing so, it is fut...
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Sleep and Alzheimer’s disease
During sleep, a sewage system in the brain, called the glymphatic system, kicks into high gear. As you enter deep sleep, this sanitization system cleanses the brain of a sticky, toxic protein linked to Alzheimer’s, known as beta-amyloid.
Without sufficient sleep, you fail to get that power...
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Getting eight hours of sleep a night
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Be consistent with your sleeping routine
You need around seven hours of sleep a night. Children need more, and older folks less. Sleeping much more or notably less than seven hours is associated with a shorter lifespan.
Consistency is as important. You need a regular schedule for when you wake up, when you have y...
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