Sleep is Crucial for your health
- Teenagers are in a crucial developmental stage and getting enough sleep every night is very important for their health
- Being sleep deprived for a teen stifles their grown
- A teenager’s brain is still growing, a lot of mental processing occurs while the teen is sleeping
- Sleep deficit interferes with brain development
- Especially a process which neurologists call the “pruning the synapses” which helps to make the brain more efficient
- Sleep deprivation also impairs the body's ability to deal with glucose, which can lead to diabetes
more benefits of sleep
- While asleep you strengthen memories or "practice" skills learned while you were awake this is called consolidation
- "A 2010 study found that C-reactive protein, which is associated with heart attack risk, was higher in people who got six or fewer hours of sleep a night. " ( Sparacino).
- Having more sleep can help lower stress
- Stress has the same negative effects on cardiovascular health, by getting more sleep people can better regulate their blood pressure
- "Dr. Jean says. 'It’s also believed that sleep effects cholesterol levels, which plays a significant role in heart disease. '"(Sparacino).