How Much Sleep Do You Really Need?

We all know that in order for our bodies to be at its optimum health, we need to get enough hours of quality sleep and rest each night. Some people do perfectly well with six hours and some follow the 8-hour rule. Many would agree that the quality of sleep is just as important as the quantity, and if possible, you should sleep without any disturbance. The latter is really hard to achieve specially if you’re living in a noisy neighborhood, or if you suffer sleep disorders preventing you to enjoy peace and relaxation to its fullest.

The Truth is: The Number of Hours You Sleep Depends on Factors like Age

According to WebMD, infants need 16 hours a day, teenagers need 9 hours, and adults will do well on 7-8 hours. There are a few people who feel perfectly well with 5 or an extreme 10 hours just to feel revived. Sleep is your body’s way of regenerating new cells and healing them. Sleep is an incubation period after a stressful day, like a battery recharger giving you that needed energy during your waking hours. Without sleep, there can be dire consequences.

Sleep Deprivation = CHAOS

Being sleep deprived is not a joke. In fact, many have paid the fatal consequences of lacking a good night’s sleep. Most of road accidents are caused by sleep-deprived drivers. When a person lacks sleep, his or her hand-to-eye coordination and ability to perform task decreases. Driver fatigue has been the most dangerous case responsible for vehicular accidents, resulting to deaths each year. There is just no drug or caffeine that can overpower your body’s natural need for quality sleep.

Have you ever experienced lack of sleep? How did it feel? Chances are, you find your limbs too heavy to move and you feel sluggish all day. Your ability to focus and concentrate diminishes. You can’t remember important things and your mental alertness just went sub zero. You either feel too sad or too angsty. Then, you feel so depleted of energy that you rush to the nearest sugar source you can get. The chain reaction begins.. which will lead to other health issues like obesity.

Why is Sleep Healthy for You?

During rest, your body doesn’t only heal, but it releases great amounts of hormones that rejuvenate, giving you an elixir of youth from within, namely: Erythropoietin, Growth Hormone, and Testosterone. Erythropoietin is a hormone from your kidneys, making healthy red blood cells which are needed by every vital organ in your body. Your pituitary glands are also stimulated when you sleep. For this, children are often encouraged to sleep more. Not only males have testosterone, but females do have them too, which is great for giving you that high energy, a strong immune system, and a super sex drive.

Trust your feelings when you feel sleepy. If you can’t seem to stop yawning and feel like you’re going to drop dead soon, you better take a short nap to recharge, or better yet – a night of quality sleep and rest. Let the powers of Binaural sounds aid you to sleep well.. to a better health!

Just How Much Sleep Do You Need to Keep You Healthy?