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Essay / Sleep Deprivation and Health - 663
Through long-term research on sleep deprivation, studies show that it has a substantial impact in correlation with stress on the mind, body and soul. 'soul. With the hectic lifestyle humans live today, staying up past midnight to write assignments for school, finish unfinished work, or simply watch TV is becoming a habit for many people, making sleep difficult. more and more extinguished and therefore causes pressure on their physique. , psychological and mental. The complex question is why. Why do we need humans to get enough sleep to stay healthy? Many researchers have conducted studies and traveled the world looking for answers to the pandemic habits of many people around the world. David Dinges believes that “the relationship between stress and sleep is bidirectional” (Sleep Deprivation and Stressors 1). This means that stress and lack of sleep go hand in hand. Not getting enough sleep can cause stress in humans, while high levels of stress can lead to sleep loss. In the article Sleep deprivation predisposes the liver to oxidative stress and phospholipid damage: a quantitative molecular imaging study, Chang et al. Mai, Chen, Wu, Huang, Lan, and Lin argue that sleep disturbances are associated with an increased rate of various metabolic disorders, which may be linked to oxidative stress and resulting lipid peroxidation (Chang et al. 1) . To test this study, they used adult rats to monitor their habits between normal stages and when they had been sleep deprived for five days. The results showed that after total sleep deprivation, phosphatidylcholine levels were lowered to a third of their initial values. Phosphatidylcholine plays an important role in stress. Therefore, when lowered, it causes a rise...... middle of paper...... to sleep. Exercising daily with exercises such as running, walking or even yoga can help alleviate the stress we feel. Other ways to do this include setting a regular bedtime, avoiding stimulants, relaxing by keeping lights lower, avoiding sleepless nights, waking up to bright light, and creating an appropriate sleep environment (45). that lack of sleep is increasingly widespread around the world. If there isn't enough sleep, the fast-paced lifestyles we live could be taking a toll on our bodies, as well as our minds and spirits. The results of numerous studies show that lack of sleep affects the amount of stress we face. It can be concluded that stress and lack of sleep play closely related roles. High levels of one of these elements result in less of the other.