Can’t sleep? Natural Remedies are here!
Are you sleeping 8 hours a night? Are you getting an hour or more of deep sleep and a lot of good REM (the dream state) sleep? If not, acupuncture and herbs can help. Read on to learn more about the dangerous side effects of not sleeping well.
If you can’t sleep, you’re performing lower than your optimal level and you’re probably not even aware of it.
So many people can’t sleep and are operating at sub-par performance, so much so, that they don’t even realize how much better they could be! Are you one of them? Our sleep deprived state becomes our new normal and we have no idea how it’s affecting our health.
Here are ten facts about what goes wrong when we don’t get enough sleep. Not enough sleep is defined as less than an 8 hour opportunity for sleep per night.
- Concentration and ability to focus declines precipitously ..up to and over 400% decline.
- When you’re sleep deprived, you don’t know you’re sleep deprived. (You’re like the person who’s had a few drinks and thinks they’re okay to drive.)
- “After being awake for 19 hours, people who were sleep deprived were as cognitively impaired as those who are legally drunk.”
- More than 250,000 people every day will fall asleep while driving, contributing to the 1.2 million accidents caused by sleepiness each year. There are more accidents caused by drowsy driving than by alcohol and drugs combined!
- Lack of sleep contributes to inappropriate emotional reactions and the inability to place events into a broader context. You’re more likely to snap and lose your temper if you haven’t slept well, even for only one night.
- If you’re tired you’re also more forgetful. Not getting enough sleep doesn’t allow your brain to process memories as well so your short term memory is affected.
- Not getting enough sleep doesn’t allow time for your brain to clear debris at night. That debris is one of the leading causes of the plaques that lead to Alzheimer’s Disease.
- Unhealthy sleep=unhealthy heart.
- Sleep loss leads to diabetes and weight gain.
- Sleep loss leads to an impaired immune system.
With all this information, those of you who are sleep deprived will most likely deny that the facts above apply to you!
But, the facts are the facts and they’re based on years of research on sleep. If you aren’t getting enough sleep, and you think you’re doing okay, imagine how amazing you would be if you DID get enough sleep regularly!
When life isn’t letting you sleep, you may need some additional help.
If you can’t sleep, natural remedies are here. Acupuncture has been shown to be effective at helping people sleep better and longer. Don’t spend another sleepless night and grumpy day!
Call us today at 910.202.4248 and let us help you get the sleep of your dreams.
The facts above come from the book, “Why We Sleep”, by Matthew Walker PhD