Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) 2024Final.pptx
Benefits of adequate sleep
1. BENEFITS OF ADEQUATE SLEEP
Adequate sleep is a key part of a healthy
lifestyle, and can benefit your heart,
weight, mind, and more.
2. Watching your weight can be as simple as getting a good night's
sleep. Lack of sleep can make you put on weight by drastically
slowing your metabolism down.
We have all woken up after a good night's sleep ready to take on
the world. A bad night's sleep can leave you struggling all day.
More than half of us will have problems concentrating after sleeping
badly.
If you’re trying to learn something new—whether it’s Spanish or a
new tennis swing—you’ll perform better after sleeping.
3. If you sleep better, you can certainly live better.
4. We've all heard of sleeping on a problem, in the hope that come
morning the solution will be clear. When you do this your brain
still looks for a solution, even when you're asleep. Even if you
don't wake up with an answer, a good night's sleep will equip
your brain to assess the problem afresh.
5. Getting extra sleep can even improve athletic performance.
If you’re an athlete, there may be one simple way to improve your
performance: sleep.
Lack of sleep can suppress your immune system, which makes you
more vulnerable to infections, seven hours a night increased the risk
of catching a cold.
6. During deep sleep the brain goes through our impressions of the
day in a process vital to memory formation.
People who slept fewer than six hours a night for two weeks scored
far worse on memory tests than those who slept eight hours.
Get a good night’s sleep before getting out the pen and paper.
In addition to consolidating memories, or making them stronger,
your brain appears to reorganize and restructure them, which
may result in more creativity as well.
7. Children between the ages of 10 and 16 who have sleep
disordered breathing, which includes snoring, sleep apnea, and
other types of interrupted breathing during sleep, are more likely
to have problems with attention and learning.
Students who didn’t get enough sleep had worse grades than
those who did.
