SLEEP DEPRIVED AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO YOU!
Bal Bhullar, CPA, CGA, CRM
CEO BKB Management Ltd.; CFO/Board Member Damon Inc. NASDAQ:DMN; Member of Women Get on Board, FENG
Did you know that being sleep deprived can harm your body and cause long-term chronic health problems, which will affect your overall well-being?
Did you know that we need to get anywhere from 7 to 9 hours of sleep?
This is generally not the case for most of us!
According to NINDS, about 40 million people in the United States suffer from chronic long-term sleep disorders each year…
This is why we formulated KISMET Natural Sleep for you…
Our natural sleep supplement is a combination of sleep inducing components, as well as nutrients that reduce anxiety, tenseness, restlessness, and irritability, thereby allowing you to feel relaxed and calm as you fall asleep…
We know that KISMET Natural Sleep is essential to your sleep…
Below is a diagram of how being sleep deprived can impact your body and health…
Sleep Deprived can lead to:
Did you know according to Harvard Medical School, studies have shown that sleeping less than 5 hours a night can increase your risk of death by all causes by 15%?
To help you…we have done the research to give you the Top 10 Signs of being Sleep Deprived…
Sign #1: Appetite
Is the feeling of hunger coming into your mind again?
This can be caused by not getting enough sleep, which can cause your hunger hormone, known as ghrelin to increase production in your stomach. This in turn will increase your urges and create the feeling of hunger. You might end up craving sugary or fatty foods, leading to gaining excess weight if only you slept more!
Another reason for making you hungry from little sleep is the altering of your leptin levels. This hormone is all about your brain wondering if you are hungry, unsatisfied or not full. Because you are sleep deprived and the leptin levels are altered even though you are not hungry… your brain is telling you that you are hungry. Ultimately eating when you don’t need to and increased cravings can lead to weight gain and ultimately increase your chances of being overweight or obese.
Lack of sleep also increases the chances of your body to release higher levels on insulin after you eat, which then increases fat storage and in turn increases your chances of developing type 2 diabetes.
Sign #2: Rational
When you haven’t had much sleep, have you or someone you know has been in a situation where you just react without thinking? Things like impulsive buying, overeating, over analyzing, sensitive, etc…you get the idea right?
How about someone you know that is sleep deprived and is just itching to pick a fight or lash out on something that doesn’t make any sense?
Your ability to think rationally by being sleep deprived goes downhill….you need sleep!
Sign #3: Memory Loss
Do you every find yourself in a situation when someone asks you what you had for dinner last night or what you did over the weekend and you draw a big blank? Maybe it’s just that whole age thing of getting older…Nope! Yet another possible sign for lack of sleep!
It is very important to get a good night’s sleep because it is important for your cognitive function to work properly. When you are fatigued, your ability to be focused diminishes and that in turn impairs your brain’s overall function.
Sign #4: Making Decisions
When sleep is not on your side, the ability to make good decisions in a timely manner can be compromised. This can affect your reaction time to making a judgment call immediately. For example, what if you are sleep deprived and are driving back home and almost missed the stop sign…your reaction time think within the second could have been fatal!
Here’s another example…in a board room meeting and there is a discussion going on and suddenly someone asks you a question…because you are so tired you probably didn’t hear the question and now in predicament of how to respond…this one affects your work!
Being Sleep Deprived can be costly to your health and livelihood!
Sign #5: Motor Skills Impacted
Are you constantly tripping or dropping things? Excuse…I am just clumsy… Actually if this happens at least more than twice daily, it is yet another sign of sleep deprivation!
When you are sleep deprived your motor skills are also impacted…the neurological function diminishes…This in turn causes a disconnect between movement and focus.
Sign #6: Emotions Going Wild
When you don’t get enough sleep your emotions can go wild….
You become hyper sensitive from something someone has said and reacting to it when under normal circumstances it wouldn’t mean anything. This can heighten other emotions like the feeling of sadness, or anger or being so overwhelmed or breaking down over something that is not in your character.
It’s very important to express your emotions, but when they are heightened from lack of sleep this can affect you personally and your personal or professional life…
Sign #7: Immune System
Did you know not getting enough sleep can have a dramatic impact on weakening your body’s immune system? When we sleep our body creates proteins called cytokines, which help our body’s immune system to fight off colds, inflammations or other illnesses.
So without getting the proper amount of sleep our body’s immune system decreases the chances of fighting against illness, which then increases our risk of getting sick.
Sign #8: Eye Sight
Did you know you can get double vision for being sleep deprived?
How can this happen? Let us explain…
Our eyes have ciliary muscles, which helps to control the ability to focus. When you are tired and sleep deprived this becomes difficult for the muscles in your eyes to be in control, which can make it tougher to read.
Another muscle in our eyes that controls the up and down and side-to-side movements is called the ocular muscle. When you are not getting enough sleep, your ocular muscles can be impacted and therefore can cause double vision.
Sign #9: Aging
Another sign of being sleep deprived is aging…while we are sleeping our damaged skin cells are being repaired. When you are getting very little sleep, there is not enough time for your skin to repair itself, which then can lead to premature aging and poor skin.
Getting a good night’s sleep is important to avoid the clock of premature aging….sleep well and stay young!
Sign #: 10 Falling Asleep
Have you ever fallen asleep for a few seconds or a few minutes and don’t even realize it?
This is called micro sleep. If you are suffering from lack of sleep, your micro sleep can be very dangerous, especially if you are driving, or operating any machinery.
From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute discuss studies that show sleep deprivation harms your ability to drive just as much or as being drunk. It’s estimated that drivers that are affected by sleep get into about 100,000 car accidents a year and resulting in approximately 1,500 deaths.
Being sleep deprived can harm you or others around you.
To be Sleep Deprived is a very important issue and must be taken very seriously…
At KISMET Nutrients we believe in the cause of getting SLEEP! That’s why we have formulated our own KISMET NATURAL SLEEP for you.
Get your KISMET Natural Sleep Today!
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6 年Love all that you have shared Bal, very informative!