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Why is sleep so important?

Why is sleep so important to us youth? Well actually it is very important to us, without sleep our brains wouldn’t function right every morning, we would be able to get enough straight in the morning(s), we wouldn’t be able to get out of bed, or even think right in school, this can very effect our grades in school very much.

How much sleep do we need?

About most teens get 8 hours and 30 minutes to 9 hours of sleep each night. If you don’t get this much time of sleep each night, so you can to much better on your test(s) or even to play sports, but Unfortunately most teens do not get enough sleep which makes them trip over their own two feet. What will happen if we stop sleeping? This answer what really hard to find on Google, but I have found it, the amount we need depends on our age. A newborn baby might sleep 20 hours a day while a 4 year old might need only 12 hours. The average for 10-year-olds is 10 hours a day and most adults seem to need seven to nine hours of sleep a night. And the average senior citizen can often get by with just six or seven hours a day. Whatever amount you need, you know you feel great after a good night of sleep. But, why is that? Does anything important happen during sleep? Yes, scientists have found that two key things happen during sleep: growth hormone in children is secreted and chemicals important to the immune system are secreted. If you don't get enough sleep, you're more prone to disease, and a child's growth can be stunted by sleep deprivation.

10 ways to help you sleep without __PILLS__ - It’ll help you more if you have a schedule, so you can get up early and go to bed early so you can get the right amount of sleep per night. - Try to avoid taking naps in the day time, your day time naps take sleep from your night sleep. - Exercise, it will help you more to sleep at night, you’ll get tired and restless for the day and if you work more hard each day, you will get a good night sleep. - Have a nice hot shower/bath before you go to sleep, it’ll help to relax your muscles. - Try not to eat before 2 hours before going to bed. - Stop drinking coffee at night, it’ll keep you up all night, we all know that. - Read more books at night that get you really into the story, and that’ll get you tired, so you be more tired before you go to bed. - Try to go to sleep without your T.V on or your Ipods, other people fine it more better to sleep while quite. - Sleep with the heat off, it better to sleep cool, and what’s the point of leaving your heat on all night long while you’re in a warm bed, and plus you can save money on heat at the same time. - Avoid alcohol before bedtime. It’s a depressant; although it may make it easier to fall asleep, it causes you to wake up during the night. As alcohol is digested your body goes into withdrawal from the alcohol, causing nighttime awakenings and often nightmares for some people.

The wed sites I used :[|www.lifehack.org], [|www.google.com], [|www.better-sleep-better-life.com], [|www.heartdisease.about.com]

Who can be affected with sleep?

-Anyone one can be affected with sleep, for all ages. What keeps teens up at night?

**Some technologies are keeping Youth awake at night, which are making them stay up longer. Laptops, IPods, T.V, ect.** media type="youtube" key="4Hy-Zc1iQwY" width="425" height="350"

This is what happens if we dont get enough sleep!



What is so important about sleep?

Actually sleep is very important, some many things may occur to it, like nearly everyday we need sleep in much the same way that it regulates the need for eating, drinking, and breathing. And it can very effect your moods in (school, work, home, ect.) This explains why after a good night of sleep, you feel so much better, your thoughts are cleared and your emotions are less worked up. Without sleep, judgment, mood, and to learn will be much harder without sleep. So much as deprivation may lead to serious medical conditions including obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and even early mortality.

Info from English Dictionary.

Obesity- Its is for a different word for fatness, who doesn’t keep there body in shape, and eats way to much sugar, salt, ect.

Diabetes- Disorder in which an abnormal amount of urine containing an excess of sugar is excreted.

Heart Disease- The heart is the organ that pumps blood, with its life-giving oxygen and nutrients, to all tissues of the body. If the pumping action of the heart becomes inefficient, vital organs like the brain and kidneys suffer. And if the heart stops working altogether, death occurs within minutes. Life itself is completely dependent on the efficient operation of the heart. ( info from [|www.heartdisease.about.com])

Mortality- is the condition of being mortal, or susceptible to death, the opposite of immortality