Although snoring may be generally harmless, it can be a symptom of a potentially life-threatening disorder called "sleep apnea" in which your breathing stops for a few moments or becomes extremely shallow, thus disrupting the quality of your sleep. Also characterized by daytime sleepiness and fatigue, sleep apnea when untreated significantly increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and other grave diseases.
Which of the following health problems is related to a person's sleep or the lack of it
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Research reveals correlation between a variety of health problems and the quality and length of a person's sleep. For example, lack of proper sleep disturbs the growth hormone balance that is linked to obesity and interrupted sleep adversely affects the normal drop of blood pressure, thereby leading to hypertension. It also damages the body's ability to use insulin resulting in diabetes.
The older you get, the lesser amount of sleep you need
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Seven to nine hours of sleep is generally advised by sleep experts. Though sleeping patterns may change with age, the amount of sleep needed generally does not.
Which of the following foods helps you to sleep better?
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Cottage cheese contains "tryptophan", an amino acid that naturally induces sleep and helps to get a better and sound sleep.
Sleeping well enhances creativity
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Sleeping helps the brain in developing connections between unrelated ideas and memories, thereby resulting in creative inspirations and insights. In fact, a Harvard University Study shows that right after sleep, people were 33% likelier to forge connections between unrelated or distantly related concepts.
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