Sleep Junkie

The hazards of not getting a good night’s sleep include:

1. Increased stress, obesity, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, stroke, memory loss, attention problems, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and mood disorders. And that’s just on a good day
2. Depression, which is a sad thing to have
3. Poor sleepers tend to smoke and drink more which compounds their health problems
4. You get sick more often and it tends to last longer. Your depressed immune system attracts bugs faster than a bowl of fruit at grandma’s house
5. You have a poor quality of life.  Trudging through the day with the only expectation that you’ll be doing all again tomorrow
6. Elderly people who sleep poorly suffer more falls which is a leading cause of death and carpet cleaning
7. Increase cancer rates and drug company profits

The benefits of a good night’s sleep include:

1. You can live longer. More hills to climb, more smiles to give away and more cows to tip
2. About eights hours of sleep each night can help you lose weight. This is eight hours of sleep time, not just in bed time.  It’s sure better than the watermelon or liver and onions diet
3. You have fewer colds because you have a stronger immune system, but only you’ll know this so you can still call in sick to work when the season opens
4. Students do better at school. This is because their heads are upright and the information has a good chance at entering an orifice and contacting a few brain cells as opposed to bouncing off the top of a head lying on a desk
5. You’ll feel marvellous. You’re mentally and physically refreshed and your mood is elevated as you laugh at the other poor saps that are dragging their butts around the office
6. You are more calm and relaxed
7. Your brain can remember new information better so you can be smarter than your dog and lawn mower combined