Viral News 2015: What Happens To Your Body When You Don’t Get Enough Shut-Eye
First and foremost, we need to make sleep a priority, because it is very important and essential to a human's health and well-being. Sleep is vital for physical, mental and emotional processing. if we don't get the much needed shut-eye, it will cause a major health problem.
What happens to the body if you don't get enough sleep? Lack of sleep can cause hormonal imbalance. Human Growth Hormone, peaks during sleep meaning - insufficient sleep may affect the growth and cell-repair throughout the body.
Alterations to hormones involved in the regulation of appetite. Sleep is essential to the immune system. Without adequate sleep, the immune system becomes weak, and the body becomes more vulnerable to infection and diseases.
A person becomes less likely to participate in normal daily activities or to exercise. It can affect one's ability to think and to remember and process information. Thus, a person may feel moody and can create conflicts to others. Normal functioning is likely to be hindered by loss of sleep.
Now let's watch the video and take a closer look at what happens if you don't sleep. Take note!