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
On weekends i get about 9 hours of sleep, but during the week day i get maybe 6 to 7 hours. Circadian Rhythms are 24 hour cycles in the biochemical, physiological, or behavioural processes of living entities.
ReplyDeleteA circadian rhythm is a roughly 24-hour cycle in the biochemical, physiological, or behavioural processes of living things. On average, i get around 8-7 hours of sleep every night.
ReplyDeleteMatt Kehr
Usually, i get about 8 hours of sleep during the school week.
ReplyDeleteCircadian rhythms are regular rhythms of growth and activity, that occur during a 24 hour cycle.
Sophie Ellis
1. 6-7 hours
ReplyDelete2. A circadian rhythm is a roughly 24-hour cycle in the biochemical, physiological, or behavioural processes of living entities.
Mason Oliver
1. I get around 6-8 hours of sleep on weekdays and around 10 hours on weekends.
ReplyDelete2. A person's circadian rhythms is an internal clock that regulates a variety of things like temperature and sleep
1.) 6-8 hours a day
ReplyDelete2.)A circadian rhythm is a roughly 24-hour cycle in the biochemical, physiological, or behavioural processes of living entities.
Will Quackenbush
ReplyDeletei normally get 7-8 hours of sleep
i go to bed at 10 and wake up at 5 on weekdays, and go to bed at 11:30 and wake up at 7 on the weekend
On average, I get 7 hours a night.
ReplyDelete"A circadian rhythm is a roughly 24-hour cycle in the biochemical, physiological, or behavioural processes of living entities." - Wikipedia
Patrick Bagheri
I get about 3-4 hours of sleep. Circadian rhythms are the internal clock that your body adjusts to so that you fall asleep and wake up at roughly the same times each day.
ReplyDelete-Micah Johnstone
I get about 6-8 hours (so about 7, 7.5).
ReplyDeleteA circadian rhythem is your body's internal clock that determines when you feel tired and when you're awake. It can be adjusted by what time you actually spend awake (like on a night shift) or by seeing daylight or something.
~Voss
1. I currently average about 7 hours a day
ReplyDelete2. Someone's behavior, attitude, or characteristics within a 24 hour period, which is effected by the amount of sleep per period(24 hours).
Chen Han
-Zach Reiswig
ReplyDelete1) 8 hours
2) A 24 hour cycle which pertains to a living being's physical and mental activities. Basically, a biological clock.
I get about 8 and a half to 9 and a half hours of sleep a night. Circadian rhythms are basically your inner body clock that gets used to a certain wake up time each day, which is why waking up gets easier through the week. Sleeping in late resets all the rhythms and makes it harder to wake up monday morning.
ReplyDelete-Ben G.
I usually get 7 hours of sleep a night from going to bed at 11 and waking up around 6. On the weekends, friday and saturday ill sleep in and catch up on sleep but sunday night im back in bed by 11. I dont take naps though as i take medicine that prevents me from falling asleep until at least 8 o clock.
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Kurt Vetrano
ReplyDeleteI get around 6 hours of sleep per night.
circadian rhythms can be defined as a "human clock", or the way the human bodies sleep schedule goes.
Let's see, on school days I end up getting only 4-6 hours of sleep, unfortunately. On weekends I try to catch up and get 10 or so hours. I know, it's pretty bad.
ReplyDeleteCircadian Rhythms, are, essentialy, a biological clock, which governs when you will feel you need sleep, as well as your behaviour.
~Danyal 'Danny' Ahmad
on average, i get about 10 hours of sleep on weekends and 7 on school days.
ReplyDeleteCircadian rythems are a biological clock which tells you when you need sleep and it also affects behavior
Zach Grinspoon pd 8
i get like 7 hours a of sleep a night
ReplyDelete24 hour cycle which pertains to a living being's physical and mental activities. its like a biological clock.
HALLIE ROLFES