Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Plus, lack of sleep is associated with mental decline and overeating (which leads to major aging conditions). Even worse, we don't care enough that we don't get enough sleep, even though it's one of the major things that make us feel old. Most of us think that a lack of sleep—be it for a night, or a week, or a lifetime—is no big deal. We go on our way, trudging through our daily lives and responsibilities tired, defeated, sluggish, caffeine infused, and longing to sledgehammer the alarm clock at 6:07 every morning.
Simply, few of us are losing sleep about losing sleep. | | Not only does a lack of sleep cause health problems, but health problems also cause a lack of sleep. Plus, we need sleep so we can dream. You can't live your best life unless you can dream. So if you're not sleeping, it's a clue that something besides your sheets isn't working the way it should be.
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Sleep seems as if it should be easy and automatic: Change into PJs, brush teeth, crawl into bed, shut eyes, see you in seven. But sometimes we just can't tear ourselves away from the TV until Jon Stewart, David Letterman, or that Stephen Colbert fellow have finished making us laugh. |
Bottom Line Health
See book keywords and concepts | | The Health Benefits of Good Sleep
Studies now link lack of sleep with heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and difficulty controlling weight.
In addition, a lack of sleep boosts stress hormone levels, impairs the body's ability to process blood sugar, reduces levels of leptin (an appetite-depressing hormone) and increases inflammation—a factor in the development of heart disease.
In a long-term study of female nurses, the incidence of heart disease for those who slept less than five hours per night was almost double that of the nurses who slept seven to eight hours per night. |
Bill Sardi
See book keywords and concepts |  Lung cancer progressed in all of the patients and some experienced side effects from the caffeine in the green tea (nausea, diarrhea, anxiety, lack of sleep). It was concluded that high-dose green tea extract "may not be warranted' for therapy in advanced cases of cancer. [Cancer Chemotherapy Pharmacology 55: 33-38, 2005]
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It is easy to see how difficult it is to draw conclusions on the use of green tea for cancer prevention or treatment. But there are some reasons for the failed studies. |
Sue Palmer
See book keywords and concepts |  Personally, I think it's not just children's lack of sleep that causes the problems. It's lack of sleep -or, at least, lack of good-quality rest - for adults too (and that includes teachers). In a 24/7 world where sleep has been sidelined, tiredness is heavily implicated in the toxic mix affecting contemporary children.
Sleeping problems have been on the rise ever since electric light became widespread and darkness was banished from our lives. |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts |  Lack of sleep is responsible for
• at least 20% of motor vehicle accidents and thousands of fatalities each year
• an endless cycle of stress
• countless failed relationships and domestic violence
• poor work performance and limited earning potential
• billions of dollars in lost income due to disability and time off from work
• substance abuse
• depression, anxiety, aggression and poor judgment
• poor performance in school and on exams
An ever-increasing number of children are also victims of sleep deprivation and its consequences. | | According to the research, a lack of sleep increases grehlin, a hormone that sends a hunger signal to the brain. The usual foods of choice are ready-to-eat carbohydrate snacks. At the same time, the level of a protein called leptin drops. Leptin helps suppress appetite, so when the level is low, appetite increases. This causes you to look for something to eat. Combine too much grehlin and too little leptin, and you've set the stage for the ingestion of extra food that your body neither needs nor can digest properly. The inevitable result is intestinal congestion and weight gain. | | If you feel tired or suffer from lack of concentration (which could be due to lack of sleep or overeating), you may be prescribed vitamin B pills. Then there is vitamin C if you catch a cold (which could result from stress, working too hard or eating too much junk food). Vitamin E, you are told, helps you prevent a heart attack (so you may no longer need to watch out for the true risk factors of heart disease, as outlined in chapter 9). Accordingly, we spend billions of dollars on vitamin pills each year to fight off every kind of ill from the common cold to cancer. | | Stimulants, emotional trauma, repressed emotions, irregular lifestyle, dehydration, nutritional deficiency, overeating, stress reactions, lack of sleep, accumulation of heavy metals (especially from metal fillings) and chemicals, etc. all hinder the body in its effort to remove metabolic waste, toxins and 30 billion dead cells each day. When these accumulate in any part of the body, they naturally lead to a number of progressive responses that include irritation, swelling, hardening, inflammation, ulceration and abnormal growth of cells. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts |  Some of the usual suspects include anxiety, stress, lack of food, lack of sleep, exposure to light, and hormonal changes in women. And then there are food triggers (more on that in a moment) and the possibility of missing nutrients in the diet. There is even some information that suggests a link to the bacterial infection H. pylori.
One promising line of research suggests that people who are prone to headaches may benefit by supplemental 5-hydroxytryptophan or 5-HTP. (You can read about 5-HTP as a natural cure for depression on page 42. | | Lack of sleep has been implicated in everything from obesity to traffic accidents. (It's well known that the day of the year with the greatest number of traffic accidents is the day after Daylight Saving Time ends.)
Sleep disorders are big business. As of this writing, use of sleep medications has grown by more than 60 percent since 2000, and in 2006, makers of sleeping pills spent more than $600 million advertising directly to consumers. Obviously, more than a few people are having some problems catching some good shut-eye.
Inositol might be the answer. |
Jack Challem
See book keywords and concepts |  Stress and elevated Cortisol levels disrupt sleep, and a lack of sleep further raises Cortisol levels. It's a vicious cycle. Both Cortisol and inadequate sleep are associated with a greater likelihood of developing obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.
Taking a vacation is the traditional valve that lets us release the accumulated stresses of work, but work pressures and anxieties actually keep many people from taking vacations. According to a survey by Oxford Health Plans, 20 percent of Americans have too much work to do and don't use all of the vacation time they've earned. |
Byron J. Richards, CCN
See book keywords and concepts |  It is difficult to compensate for a lack of sleep. A lack of sleep accelerates wear and tear and pushes the body out of natural balance and rhythm.
In addition to not enough sleep, many individuals have trouble getting quality sleep. It is not possible to separate daytime energy regulation, blood sugar, eating patterns, eating habits, exercise, and stress from sleep issues. Central to sleep problems are fluctuating blood-sugar levels, both hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. At the root of such blood-sugar related sleep problems is leptin resistance, insulin resistance, and adrenaline resistance. |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts | | Overeating, poor nutrition, lack of sleep, not drinking enough fresh water, use of pharmaceutical drugs and stimulants, etc., all deplete the body's energy reserves and render it susceptible to a toxicity crisis that may involve bacterial, viral or fungal infections. On the other hand, cleansing the body from accumulated waste material and establishing a healthy diet and lifestyle, set the preconditions for the body to heal itself. |
Byron J. Richards, CCN
See book keywords and concepts | | It is difficult to compensate for a lack of sleep. A lack of sleep accelerates wear and tear and pushes the body out of natural balance and rhythm.
In addition to not enough sleep, many individuals have trouble getting quality sleep. It is not possible to separate daytime energy regulation, blood sugar, eating patterns, eating habits, exercise, and stress from sleep issues. Central to sleep problems are fluctuating blood-sugar levels, both hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. At the root of such blood-sugar related sleep problems is leptin resistance, insulin resistance, and adrenaline resistance. | | There is no making up for a lack of sleep. A lack of sleep causes energy systems in the body to give out too easily. Even under little stress, a person who does not sleep enough finds it almost impossible to go 5-6 hours without eating. A person who is sleep deprived lacks tolerance for stress, leading to exaggerated hyperglycemic and eventual hypoglycemic responses to stress. Sleep-deprived individuals are irritable.
As a person has more demands in their life, it is imperative to keep exercise, eating, and sleep rhythms in a good pattern. |
Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Sleep needs to be a priority, especially when you're not feeling well; a lack of sleep will only add to the fatigue you may already be feeling. In addition, sleep deprivation itself can produce diffuse muscular achiness as well as problems with concentration. And people sleep less than they think. One study reported that the average time in bed for a large number of adults was 7.5 hours. However, the actual time asleep averaged 6.7 hours for white women and almost an hour less for black women. This is simply not enough. Estimate your sleep time by the amount of time you are in bed each night. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Experts suspect that if a woman's body is already burdened by stress, lack of sleep, and a compromised immune system, yeast can be the "starter mix" for chronic fatigue syndrome, an underactive thyroid, allergies, chemical sensitivities, and fibromyalgia.
In addition to the lethargy that characterizes candidiasis, both chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia also cause arthritis-like pain and sleep disorders. |
Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews
See book keywords and concepts |  But constant, chronic lack of sleep can ultimately result in a disrupted metabolism that encourages more fat storage and especially fat storage in those areas of the body that increase disease risk. Chronic sleep deprivation can also promote metabolic disorders related to blood sugar/ insulin regulation. This is not to mention the hormonal shifts in perceived hunger and appetite that can promote behaviors that may ultimately encourage more eating along with reduced efforts to exercise due to general fatigue.
Is there hope? Absolutely! The human body is a finely tuned machine. | | For now, the most important thing you need to know is that adequate sleep actually favors healthy weight loss while lack of sleep can make your efforts to lose weight ever more challenging. Get seven to eight hours every night. You really do need it.
Believe in Yourself. Eat for and live the life of the person you are and aspire to be. Visualize your success, make choices that favor your personal goals, and know you can get there Maintain a positive attitude and positive outlook and practice positive self-talk. Everyone has ups and downs, tough days and easy days. |
C. W. Randolph, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  According to Michael Breus, a faculty member of the Atlanta School of Sleep Medicine and director of the Sleep Disorders Centers of Southeastern Lung Care in Atlanta, a lack of sleep drives leptin levels down, which means that you don't feel as satisfied after you eat. It also causes ghrelin levels to rise, which means that your appetite is stimulated, so you want more food. | | There are four hidden saboteurs that can impact your weight: stress, lack of sleep, physical inactivity, and insufficient supplementation. stress and your hormones
Although too much estrogen is the primary culprit that causes you to pack on those pounds, stress impacts the production of five other hormones that can influence your metabolism, your appetite, and your food cravings. Three of the five hormones are produced by the walnut-size adrenal glands located on top of each kidney. They are adrenaline, Cortisol, and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). |
Jack Challem
See book keywords and concepts |  For example, a lack of sleep boosts Cortisol levels that, along with insulin, promote the formation of belly fat. Furthermore, as Cortisol levels go up, the hormone DHEA
(dehydroepiandrosterone) tends to go down. DHEA, often considered an anti-aging hormone, is a precursor to our steroid hormones (including testosterone and estrogen), which decline with age.
Supplements That Might Help You to Reduce Stress
In addition to a diet of high-quality protein and high-fiber vegetables, consider trying these supplements. | | Other research has shown that a lack of sleep and of quality sleep increase blood-sugar levels and the risk of developing more severe diabetes.
In one study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers found that overweight people slept almost two hours less a week than did people of normal weight. In other research, described at a meeting of the American Thoracic Society, women who slept only six hours nightly had a one-in-eight chance of being overweight, compared with women who slept seven hours a night. The less sleep women had, the more likely they were to gain weight. |
Mark Sircus
See book keywords and concepts |  The reason lack of sleep causes a magnesium deficiency is probably due to the lower amounts of growth hormone secretion which occurs due to a sleep disturbance, especially the type that is found in people with fibromyalgia.
Low levels of ATP have commonly been found in people with fibromyalgia, and it is believed that this plays an important role in many of the fibromyalgia symptoms. Thus, a magnesium deficiency would definitely be a factor in worsening those symptoms. |
Jack Challem
See book keywords and concepts | | The less sleep women had, the more likely they were to gain weight. A lack of sleep increases levels of Cortisol (a stress hormone), lowers leptin (leading to greater appetite), and increases ghrelin (which further stimulates appetite).
Many people compensate for poor sleep by eating a lot of sugary foods and drinking caffeinated beverages, which further disrupt normal sleep patterns. Large amounts of caffeine in particular mimic symptoms of anxiety and, when combined with stress, make a good night's rest all the more difficult. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | We're restless when something's on our mind, like a predator (you'd do your tribe no good if you were off snoozing in stage 5 while a woolly mammoth trampled through the village). Today, that lack of sleep—harmful to your health and generally unnecessary as a protective mechanism—serves as a different kind of warning signal: that you're experiencing some kind of bodily system malfunction.
While there are literally dozens of clinically diagnosed sleep disorders, we'll concentrate on the ones that are most disruptive.
Insomnia: You know it as toss-and-turn disease. |
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