Sleep and a Healthy Life

Sleep is important for a healthy lifestyle.  It is one of the main components to function properly.  With out sleep your body will become exhausted causing you too feel tired and faint.  This does not help increase your daily performance.  You won't be working you best and you won't be as alert as you need to be.  Sleep is important for your daily performance.  In many cases people need a soft noise to help them fall a sleep.  If you have problems sleeping, white noise¹ and sleep hygiene² can cure them.  Caffeine³ and melatonin⁴ can also help with sleep problems such as jet lag.  An intake of caffeine during the day can cause your body to be so active that when the day ends you will fall a sleep faster.  The less sleep you get the more prone you will be to getting sick.  Poor sleep can cause health diseases. While you sleep your body recharges itself.  It takes care of your immune system by repairing and recharging its cells and tissue boosting our immunity.  Stress also breaks down your immune system and while you sleep you lower your stress levels leading to a healthier immune system. The common cold⁵ will be a thing of the past.  Sleeping too little or too much can cause weight gain.  This is epically the case in women.  A lack of sleep causes your body to release hormones that make you hungrier through out the day.  Consuming more calories than you can burn off in daily activities is a big part of weight gain.  Proper hours of sleep will help cut the hunger out of your system thus helping you control your weight.  About 6 or seven hours of sleep a night can help your body in a number of ways.  Maintaining a healthy sleep cycle will ensure you for a better night's rest.

Notes

1. White noise: random signal; it is also used as a term for "background noise" usually a soft  low pitched noise
2. Sleep Hygiene: bad sleeping habits such as consuming caffeine before bed time and staying up late and waking up too early (etc.); being not "ready for bed": 
3. Caffeine: a drug used to enhance daily performance; it wakes up your body and causing your heart rate to beat fast giving you energy
4. Melatonin: a hormone that is made by the body to keep timing; almost a 24 hour clock that stimulates sleepiness after a certain amount of time.
5. Common Cold: you know you have the common cold when you get the sniffles, dry throat, a cough and runny nose; it is commonly caused by the breaking down of your immune system; good sleep and vitamin C would help you feel better

References

1. Archives of Internal Medicine Vol. 169 No. 1. Cohen, Doyle, Alper, Deverts, Turner. January 12, 2009
2. The America Journal of Clinical Nurtition, Vol. 87, No. 2,310-316. Garcia, Faubel, Munoz, Zuluaga, Banegas, Artalejo. Feb 2008
3. Journal of Applied Physiology 96: 50-58. Beaumont, Batejat, Beers, Denis, Coste, Doireau, Chauffard, French, Lagarde. 2004
4. Journal fo Amerian health, Vol. 56, No. 5. Sleep Patterns of College Students at a University.  Forguer, Camden, Gabriau, Johnson
5. Nephrol Dail Transplant.  Quality of sleep and health-related quality of life in haemodialysis paitents. Iliescu, Coo, McMurray, Meers, Quinn, Singer, Hopman. Jan. 2003