Myth-Fact #2: A Unique Human Sleep
During this time many myths circulating around sleep, ranging from sports can facilitate sleep, the use of sleeping pills to help insomnia and even sleep is considered not important.
There are even more extreme deliberately reducing the quota of sleep because it considers a third of life filled with sleep is not wise.
Most sleep is considered lazy, but lack of sleep even disease. Here are 6 myths and facts about sleep:
Myth: If you can not sleep, can use sleeping pills and do not require health care.
Fact: It is important to discuss these health conditions with your doctor, especially if symptoms of insomnia have occurred more than a month. The use of sleeping pills can help, but discuss them closely with your doctor or other health care, for example by changing your lifestyle or sleeping habits. Sleeping pills commonly used may contain antihistamines that are not needed by the body and have side effects.
Myth: Insomnia is not a serious health problem and has no important consequences.
Fact: Insomnia can be a serious health problem if it interferes with the quality of life. Some of the consequences of insomnia are lowering work performance, depression, mood swings, and increasing the risk of motor vehicle accidents.
Myth: Men and women have the same insomnia effect.
Fact: Women are more prone to insomnia than men doubled, but women prefer to cope with health care professionals rather than men. Women's sleep patterns are unique because they are influenced by menstrual cycle, biological life, stress level, health, mood, parental status, working hours, and other life responsibilities. [1]
Myth: Exercise before going to bed will make the body tired and help to sleep.
Fact: Exercise can help to sleep well, especially if done regularly in the morning or late afternoon and not too close to bedtime. Exercise can provide a refreshing effect and increase body temperature. But since this increase takes 5-6 hours to lower it. So experts advise not to exercise at least 3 hours before bedtime.
Myth: Watching TV and working with laptop in bed can speed up sleep time.
Fact: Working, watching TV, and using the computer in bed disrupts sleep quality. Violent spectacle, news broadcasts, and the introduction of a bedtime story can make you nervous. The sleeping environment should be used only for sleeping and not for other activities.
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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 show that all mammals need sleep. Sleep affects mood and is associated with memory and learning functions. With enough sleep will become more productive, and is an important factor for health, weight and energy levels.
Many people follow a sports program to maintain health, but it is also important to have a careful sleep program to make the body healthier.
Reference
[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5028173/