For this weeks blog we are going to look at your sleeping habits. If you were in my class last semester we talked about it then but with the day's being longer and summer on the horizon, it is an important topic to revisit.
Sleep
How much are you getting and what is the quality of the sleep you are getting? If you are like most teenagers, 5 hours seems to be the norm and it is cool if you can function on less. But the truth is the price you are paying for this is high and the time that is saved by cutting sleep is may end up being paid back in the form of disease.
Several studies have shown how quickly sleep deprivation effects just about every bodily system and can contribute to stress, inflammation, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Other studies have shown the symptoms of sleep deprivation mirror those of ADD/ADHD and can lead to a misdiagnosis in teens.
The recommended amount of sleep per night is seven to nine hours; however, most Americans average somewhere around six. Researchers found that the further away one is from getting the recommended hours of sleep, the higher their risk of obesity is.
Lack of Sleep and the Obesity Connection
Less than four hours: 73 percent risk
Five hours of sleep: 50 percent risk
Six hours of sleep: 23 percent risk
What can you do about it? Treat sleep the same way you treat your nutrition. It is almost as important. Set a time to get into bed that will allow for, at the very least, 7 hours of sleep, preferably more. Make your bedroom a cool dark sanctuary. There should be only one thing going on in your bed, sleep. Watching TV in bed is a huge hindrance to deep sleep. Get all electrical and lighted devices away from your bed. When the lights are off, you should not be able to see your hand in front of your face. Try to standardize your schedule. If you have to get up at 5am during the week, try to make your wake-up time during the weekend not stray too far from that. Sleeping in late on the weekends will reset your circadian rhythms and have you playing catch up till Wednesday of the next week. The last few tips most of you probably already know. No coffee or any caffeinated drinks late in the day. Alcohol really screws with the sleep cycle, and again late night TV stimulates the brain and makes it harder to get to sleep.
for your blog this week I want you to answer 2 questions.
1. On average, how much sleep are you currently getting?
2. What are circadian rhythms
I sleep 7-8 hours a day.
ReplyDeleteCircadian rhythms is a daily rhythmic activity cycle, based on 24-hour intervals.
Ben Crookshank
On average, I get 7 hours of sleep.
ReplyDeleteCircadian cythms are the cyclical 24-hour period of human biological activity. Within the circadian (24-hour) cycle, a person usually sleeps approximately 8 hours and is awake 16. During the wakeful hours, mental and physical functions are most active and tissue cell growth increases. During sleep, voluntary muscle activities nearly disappear and there is a decrease in metabolic rate, respiration, heart rate, body temperature, and blood pressure. The activity of the digestive system increases during the resting period, but that of the urinary system decreases. Hormones secreted by the body, such as the stimulant epinephrine (adrenaline), are released in maximal amounts about two hours before awakening so that the body is prepared for act.
Michael Turow
On average i sleep about 8 hours and circadian rythms is a 24 hour cycle in the biochemical physiological and behavioural processes of living entities.
ReplyDeleteMatt Bussard
on averageCircadian cythms are the cyclical 24-hour period of human biological activity, I get around 7-8 hours of sleep per night.
ReplyDeleteJack Clampitt
coki cruz
ReplyDeleteI sleep on average 6 hours on weekdays and 9-10 hours on weekends.
circadian rhythms: physical, mental and behavioral changes that follow a roughly 24-hour cycle, responding primarily to light and darkness in an organism’s environment. They are found in most living things, including animals, plants and many tiny microbes. The study of circadian rhythms is called chronobiology.
http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Publications/Factsheet_CircadianRhythms.htm
On average I get about 8 hours of sleep on weekdays and 10-12 hours of sleep on the weekends.
ReplyDeleteA circadian rhythm is a 24-hour cycle in the biochemical, physiological, or behavioural processes of living things.
Matthew Beinart
I get about 6-7 hours of sleep normally. A circadian rhythm is essentially the body's clock of when to get up and when to begin to get tired and such.
ReplyDeleteAlex Kyle
I get about 7-9 hours of sleep every night. Circadian rythems is the 24-hour cycle that your body goes through, like it gets used to when to eat and when to sleep.
ReplyDeletePeter Aybar
I get 7-9 hours during the week. On the weekends i usually will get 10-12. circadian rhythms are the bodys internal clock. It gets into a cycle to match a persons routines. breaking this cycle, while not life threatening is harmful to your overall health. More specifically, it is roughly 24-hour cycle in the biochemical, physiological, or behavioural processes of living entities
ReplyDelete-Matt Schliep
on average i get about 7-8 hours a night
ReplyDeleteA circadian rhythm is a roughly 24-hour cycle in the biochemical, physiological, or behavioural processes of living entities
-Allen Hai
i get 6-7 hours of sleep.
ReplyDeletewhat your body gets used to doing. like when you eat and sleep
Brandon Lezcano
I get 9-10 hours of sleep and a circadian rythm the regular recurrence in cycles of approximately 24 hours from one stated point to another. There are certain biological activities that occur at that interval regardless of what may happen that day.
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I get close to 10 hours of sleep a night and circadian rythm is what our body is used to doing and it is based on a 24 hour cycle.
ReplyDeleteNeofytos Panagos
I sleep about 8 hours every night. Circadian rythms is a 1 day cycle in the biochemical physiological and behavioural processes of living bodies.
ReplyDeleteMatt Hoy
7-8;A daily cycle of biological activity based on a 24-hour period and influenced by regular variations in the environment
ReplyDeleteon average i get around. 8-9 hours of sleep. from aroudn 10-6/7. i also like to take 1-2 hour naps during the day
ReplyDeleteA circadian rhythm is a 24-hour cycle in the biochemical, physiological, or behavioural processes of living things.
Jacob Amusya