For every time zone that you cross during a flight, it takes your body about one day to adjust.
>> American Academy of Sleep Medicine
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Exposure to noise at night can suppress immune function even if the sleeper doesn’t wake. Unfamiliar noise, and noise during the first and last two hours of sleep, has the greatest disruptive effect on the sleep cycle.
>> Australia’s National Sleep Research Project
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Song writing is about getting the demon out of me. It’s like being possessed. You try to go to sleep, but the song won’t let you. So you have to get up and make it into something, and then you’re allowed to sleep.
>> John Lennon
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You know that place between sleep and awake, the place where you can still remember dreaming? That’s where I’ll always love you, Peter Pan. That’s where I’ll be waiting.
>> Tinkerbell, Peter Pan
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Ever lose sleep wondering about sleep? Are sleep statistics something you find incredibly fascinating and you can’t get enough of?
If this is the case, then you’re nuts. But keep a few sleep statistics in your back pocket to whip out for some conversation starters or toss around to let people think you’re ready for Jeopardy.
If you get less than seven hours of sleep each night then you have an increased risk of obesity, depression, heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure
Sleep deprivation is used as a form of torture
20-40% of all adults suffer from insomnia at some time during the year
More people have a seizure during their sleep than when they are awake
Adults should get between 8 to 8.5 hours of sleep each night
Studies have found that up to 70 million Americans suffer from a chronic sleep disorder
Restless Leg Syndrome affects 10% to 15% of people
Drowsy driving is a factor in almost 20% of all serious car crashes
Women are twice as likely as men to have difficulty falling and staying asleep
Jet Lag is worse when you are traveling from west to east
Sleeping pills can be addictive, cause daytime drowsiness, constipation, gas, affect short term memory and leave people feeling weak the next day
Narcolepsy affects as many as 200,000 Americans
Insomnia is the most common sleep complaint, affecting 20% to 30 % of all adults
People with untreated sleep apnea have a higher rate of death due to heart disease
One in 20 men has sleep apnea
Over 2 million children suffer from various sleep disorders
More than 1,500 deaths a year are caused by drivers falling asleep
Children should get 9 to 10 hours of sleep each night
During the stage of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, your limb muscles become temporarily paralyzed to prevent you from acting out your dreams.
Pregnancy can make sleep problems worse
It is against the law in New Jersey to drive after being awake for 24 hours
Over 18 million Americans suffer from sleep apnea
Humans will spend about 1/3 of their lives sleeping
Sleep difficulties affects over half of those over the age of 65
During an average night most adults will go through four to six sleep cycles that last about 90 minutes to 110 minutes each
Up to one-third of young adults are chronically sleepy during the day
There are 84 classifications of sleep disorders
A loss of four hours of sleep is like driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.1%
There you be. Now you can be the life of the party and amaze your friends. If this is the case, you also need new friends.
Sleep statistics are nothing to loose any sleep over. And did you know that 37.8 % of all statistics are made up?
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