There are many myths circulating about sleep, ranging from sports to facilitate sleep, use of sleeping pills to help insomnia and even to sleep is not considered important.There are even more extreme deliberately cut down to sleep because they think life is filled with a third bed was not wise.
Most sleep is considered lazy, but sleep deprivation actually loved penyalit. Here are six myths and facts about sleep is reported by the National Sleep Foundation, on Monday (7/27/2009):
1. Myth: If you can not sleep, can use sleeping pills and did not require medical treatment.
Fact: It is important to discuss issues of health conditions with your doctor, especially if symptoms of insomnia is already happening more than a month. Use of sleeping pills may help, but discuss it carefully with your doctor or other health care, for example by changing their lifestyle or sleep habits. Commonly used sleeping pills may contain antihistamines that are not needed by the body and have side effects.
2. Myth: Insomnia is not a serious health problem and do not have important consequences.
Fact: Insomnia can be a serious health problem if it interfere with the quality of life. Some consequences of insomnia is to lower work performance, depression, mood changes and increased risk of motor vehicle accidents.
3. Myth: Men and women have the same effect of insomnia.
Fact: Women are more prone to insomnia twice that of men, but women would rather deal with a professional health care than men. Unique women's sleep patterns as influenced by the menstrual cycle, biological life, stress levels, health, mood, parental status, hours of work and other life responsibilities.
4. Myth: Exercise before bed can cause body fatigue and help to sleep.
Fact: Exercise may help to sleep deeply, especially if done regularly in the morning or evening and not too close to his time with hours of sleep. Exercise can memberian refreshing effect and increase the body temperature. But because there is this increase takes 5-6 hours to reduce it. So the experts recommend not exercising at least 3 hours before bedtime.
5. Myth: Watching TV and working with laptop in bed can accelerate time to sleep.
Fact: Working, watching TV and using computers in bed interfere with sleep quality. Spectacle of violence, broadcasts news and entertainment stories before bed can make restless. Environment to sleep should only be used for sleeping and not for other activities.
6. Myth: Sleep is not too important, can be obtained within a few hours.
Fact: Sleep is very important for health and as important as diet and exercise. Researchers indicate that all mammals need sleep. Sleep affects mood and is associated with memory function and learning. With enough sleep then it will become more productive, and is an important factor for health, weight loss and energy levels.
Many people follow an exercise program to maintain health, but also important to have a sleep program carefully in order to become more healthy body.
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