{"id":8422,"date":"2020-10-29T13:44:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T20:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entsalem.com\/?p=8422"},"modified":"2020-10-29T13:44:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T20:44:44","slug":"can-sleep-change-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entsalem.com\/can-sleep-change-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Sleep Change Your Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During the pandemic, we have seen many changes to our normal lives. One of which is a disruption in our <a href=\"https:\/\/entsalem.com\/ear-nose-throat\/throat\/sleep-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quality of sleep<\/a>. But getting enough sleep is important to our physical, mental and emotional step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sleep Hygiene<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/entsalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bruce-mars-s8PTWCu5maQ-unsplash-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"Woman sleeping on pillow\" class=\"wp-image-8424\" title=\"Can Sleep Change Your Life?\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entsalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bruce-mars-s8PTWCu5maQ-unsplash-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/entsalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bruce-mars-s8PTWCu5maQ-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/entsalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bruce-mars-s8PTWCu5maQ-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/entsalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bruce-mars-s8PTWCu5maQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The best way to fix your sleep problem is to improve your sleep hygiene, which includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Eating healthy meals<\/li><li>Avoiding too much caffeine<\/li><li>Keeping a sleep routine<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Dr. Meir Kryger, a professor at Yale School of Medicine in Connecticut, \u201cAll of these things are really interconnected in terms of their function. All of them are connected to the body clock.\u201d Kryger continues, \u201cThe body is like an orchestra where there&#8217;s an orchestra leader that&#8217;s sort of the main timer, but everybody else is playing it together and they&#8217;re optimizing what they are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top Benefits from Sleep<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many benefits to getting a good night\u2019s sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gives Your Body Time to Heal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When sleeping, your body has the time to heal and repair itself. This allows your tissues and muscles to rest and relax, which can reduce inflammation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your body also produces growth hormones while you are sleeping, which aid in bone growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lowers Your Risk for Disease<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Your cells repair themselves while you sleep, which is helpful at preventing disease. There is some evidence that those who get too little sleep <a href=\"http:\/\/healthysleep.med.harvard.edu\/healthy\/matters\/consequences\/sleep-and-disease-risk#:~:text=Data%20from%20three%20large%20cross,amount%20of%20sleep%20we%20get.\">increase their mortality risk by about 15%<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Increases Brain Function<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As you sleep, your brain transfers information from short- to long-term memory. Without enough sleep, you can become forgetful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Decreases Stress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting enough sleep helps your brain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2015\/12\/151208133618.htm\">regulate your emotional responses<\/a> and enhances your mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prevent Weight Gain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Kryger, when you do not get enough sleep, the hormones responsible for your urge to eat can become off-balance. Ghrelin, which is responsible for communicating hunger, can spike, while leptin, which is responsible for telling you when you are full, can decrease. This means you will feel hungrier and potentially over-eat and gain weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Improves Your Immune System<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Your immune system can fail to function if you do not get enough sleep. Cytokines, a protein that creates an immune response to infection and inflammation is produced and released while you sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon, Kryger explains why getting enough sleep is even more important, as \u201cresearch done actually years ago showed that when people are sleep deprived, they do not have as vigorous a response to vaccination.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about the benefits of getting a good night\u2019s sleep or to <a href=\"https:\/\/entsalem.com\/about\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">schedule an appointment<\/a> with a sleep doctor, contact Willamette Ear, Nose, Throat &amp; Facial Plastic Surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn More About Ear, Nose and Throat Health<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/entsalem.com\/when-should-you-see-an-ent\/\" target=\"_blank\">When Should You See an ENT?<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/entsalem.com\/get-to-know-the-medical-doctors-who-treat-hearing-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\">Get to Know the Medical Doctors Who Treat Hearing Loss<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/entsalem.com\/could-owl-research-hold-the-key-to-identifying-pediatric-hearing-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Could Owl Research Hold the Key to Identifying Pediatric Hearing Loss?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the pandemic, we have seen many changes to our normal lives. One of which is a disruption in our quality of sleep. But getting enough sleep is important to our physical, mental and emotional step. Sleep Hygiene The best way to fix your sleep problem is to improve your sleep hygiene, which includes: Eating&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"During the pandemic, we have seen many changes to our normal lives. 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