Have you lost sleep in the hustle and bustle of work? Know why sleeping less than 6 hours is like slow poison for your body – ..

News India Live, Digital Desk: In today’s times, looking ‘busy’ has become a fashion. Working till late night, waking up early in the morning and then proudly saying, “I sleep only 5 hours.” If you also fall in this category, then perhaps you do not know how dangerous a gamble you are taking with your health.

According to recent research and health experts, sleeping less than 6 hours can be more harmful than your poor diet or eating junk food. Yes, you read it right. No matter how much oats you eat or you sweat for hours in the gym, if you don’t get enough sleep, all that is useless. Let us understand what games this lack of sleep plays with you.

Lack of sleep cheats the body
Our body is like a machine. After a long day’s work, it needs ‘repair’, which is possible only during deep sleep. When you sleep less than 6 hours, your body doesn’t have time to repair itself. It has a direct effect on your organs and hormones.

Those 5 dangers you cannot ignore:

1. knave of Hearts: Less sleep directly affects your blood pressure. If this trend continues for a long time, the risk of heart attack and stroke increases manifold. Your poor heart is still working when it needs rest.
2. Sudden increase in weight: Are you on a diet but still your belly is not reducing? Your sleep may be to blame. Due to less sleep, ‘ghrelin’ (hormone that increases appetite) increases and ‘leptin’ (hormone that makes us feel full) decreases. outcome? You start eating more without thinking.
3. Brain Fog: If you are forgetting small things, becoming irritable or unable to focus in the office, then understand that your brain is asking for a ‘shutdown’. Less sleep weakens memory and in the long run increases the risk of diseases like Alzheimer’s.
4. Fall of immunity: Our immune cells become stronger only while we sleep. People who sleep less catch seasonal diseases, colds and infections very quickly.
5. Premature old age: Lack of sleep increases stress hormones (cortisol), which break down the collagen in the skin. Dark circles under the eyes and wrinkles on the face start appearing before time.

What is the solution?
Understand one thing – no work is more valuable than your life. Sleep is not a ‘luxury’, rather it is the biggest ‘need’ of the body. Try to go to bed at a fixed time at night, say ‘goodbye’ to your mobile an hour before sleeping and keep the room dark.

Remember, good health does not start from the kitchen, but from the bed. Stop compromising your sleep hours today!