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
1) On average i get about 8.5 hours of sleep ( from 9pm-5:30)
ReplyDelete2)biological rhythms that include the internal "clock," which influences when, how much, and how well people sleep and the physiological rhythms people experience throughout the course of a 24-hour day.
-Amelia Gerste
1. I'm getting 7 and a half hours of sleep
ReplyDelete2. A circadian rhythm is a roughly 24 hour cycle in the physiological processes of living beings.
-Jordan Weissberg
1) about 7 hours a day
ReplyDelete2) it is your biological clock that is a pattern over a 24 hour spand. it tells your body when it is time to go to bed. when its interupted, it can cause insomnia.
Nick Soileau
1. i get around 7 hours of sleep on a school night and 11 on weekends
ReplyDelete2. a 24 hour cycle that influences when, how much, and how well people sleep
Chen Goldstein
1. during the week, about 6-9 hours, usually around 7 or 8
ReplyDeleteduring the weekend, 8-11 hours
2. the psychological rhythms people experience over 24 hours that affect how well they sleep
-Ariana Yeatts-Lonske
1. 5-7 hours depending on homework
ReplyDelete2. Your body's natural clock that tells you when to wake or sleep.
Andy Pham
1. 7 Hours
ReplyDelete2. A circadian rhythm is a roughly 24-hour cycle in the biochemical, physiological, or behavioral processes of living entities.
- John Duncan
Josh Lee- I usually get 5-6 hours
ReplyDeleteon weekends i get more but wake up late. saturday around 9. Sunday around 11
Circadian rhythms are cyclic and persistent patterns of behavior, physical changes, and mental characteristics exhibited by most living creatures. On the weekdays i sleep about 8 to 5 hours a night, on weekends i sometimes get up to 10 hours of sleep
ReplyDeleteVaughn Meddings
I get from 6 to 7 hours of sleep a night
ReplyDeleteI think circadian rhythms are your daily rhythmic activity cycle
Jonny Harvey-Greer
1) On average, I get about 8 hours of sleep.
ReplyDelete2)Circadian Rhythm-Daily cycle of activity in many living organisms.
Alexa Awrich
1) i sleep usually for 7-8 hours daily.
ReplyDelete2) i think Circadian Rhythm is a cycle that run throw your immune system to tell you how much sleeping time your body should comsume and wake you up.
-Ammaar Yousufi
1) about 6.5 to 7 on weekdays, 9 on weekends
ReplyDelete2) circadian rhythm - a daily rhythmic cycle based on 24 hour intervals that is exhibited by most organisms
Christina Hwang
1. I get around 6-8 hours of sleep depending on the day. If it is Saturday I get around 7 hours because of soccer. The weekdays I tend to get less. On Sundays I get 8 unless we have family over.
ReplyDelete2. Circadian rhythm is a sleep disorder.Circadian rhythm disorders are disruptions in a person’s circadian rhythm — a name given to the “internal body clock” that regulates the (approximately) 24-hour cycle of biological processes in animals and plants.
in other words, it tells you when to sleep and not to sleep.
-Bekka Edelman
1. On average, how much sleep are you currently getting?
ReplyDeletearound 7-8 hours
2. What are circadian rhythms
Circadian rhythms are cyclic and persistent patterns of behavior, physical changes, and mental characteristics exhibited by most life on Earth, and these rhythms roughly follow 24 hour periods
1. 8 Hours
ReplyDelete2. A circadian rhythm is a roughly 24-hour cycle in the biochemical, physiological, or behavioral processes of living entities.
Bailey Liu
1. 7 TO 8 HOURS A DAY
ReplyDelete2. It's your sleep pattern
Goureesh
ReplyDelete1. 7- 8 hours
2. 2. A circadian rhythm is a roughly 24 hour cycle in the physiological processes of living beings.
I get 7 hours of sleep
ReplyDeletecircadian rhythm is a 25 hour cycle in the psycholgical of living entities
Eric Song
i get 7 hours of sleep
ReplyDeleteis the 24 hour cycle in the psychological process of living enitities
matt gibson