by Fred Victor
Nowadays’ society has become so fast-paced that many working adults are just having lesser sleep than before. Probably many feel that there are too many things to sort out within a short 24-hour a day, and therefore sacrifice to lessen the sleep hours to as little as four to five hours.
Whether you’re deciding to sacrifice some of your sleep hours, you’re always encouraged to find out why sleep is significant to one’s health and well-being.
Probably sleeping positions may determine one’s personality is nothing new to you, but did you know that 50% of your dream is forgotten within 5 minutes of waking up? Or did you know that you can only dream about faces you’ve previously seen? Sounds interesting huh, these are just a few twelve facts you probably didn’t know about … sleep ;-)
ONE
A new-born baby typically results in 400-750 hours lost sleep for parents in the first year.
TWO
17 hours of sustained wakefulness leads to a decrease in performance equivalent to a blood alcohol-level of 0.05%.
THREE
An adult bedbug can survive up to one year without feeding.
FOUR
Probably nobody knows why we dream.
FIVE
In 1964, 17-year-old Randy Gardner stayed awake for 264 hours and 12 minutes, the world's record. He then slept for 15 hours—not a record, but not bad.
SIX
10% of snorers have sleep Apnoea, a disorder which causes sufferers to stop breathing up to 300 times a night and significantly increases the risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke.
SEVEN
Experts reveal that lack of sleep actually affects the body's metabolism, thus increases one's chances of gaining weight or even becoming obese.
EIGHT
Experts say one of the most alluring sleep distractions is the 24-hour accessibility of the internet.
NINE
The extra-hour of sleep received when clocks are put back at the start of daylight has been found to coincide with a fall in the number of road accidents.
TEN
Thanks in part to their afternoon naps, Spanish people sleep an average of 40 minutes less per night than other Europeans. Spain also has the highest rate of workplace accidents in the EU and the 3rd lowest productivity rate.
ELEVEN
Thanks in part to their afternoon naps, Spanish people sleep an average of 40 minutes less per night than other Europeans. Spain also has the highest rate of workplace accidents in the EU and the 3rd lowest productivity rate.
ELEVEN
People who sleep poorly tend to be more forgetful, this is because sleep is a time when memories get consolidated.
TWELVE
Sleep deprivation can dangerously affect decision making in risky situations such as driving, those sleep-deprived people are also more likely to make poor decisions because they struggle to remember and interpret important information.
