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Sleep: Nature's Sweet Restorer
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06/08/11 06:56 PM
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Sleep: Nature's Sweet Restorer
We all are, or should be familiar with Nature's 8 Doctors, as outlined in the Spirit of Prophecy. They include pure air, sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of water and trust in divine power. Let's take a look at one of them--rest and sleep.
* Sleep is a great restorer of our sense of physical well-being and our psychological balance, and is indeed a basic biological need, just like food and water. Blissful sleep is that rejuvenating, recharging repose in which about one-third of our lives is spent.
* Proper rest and sleep adds years to the life as an important study has conclusively proven...Among other things, those who slept 7 hours a night were at the least risk from any form of cancer. --Vernon Foster, New Start, (Woodbridge Press, 1989).
* Most health care providers agree that many maladies they treat would get better on their own with proper rest and sleep, along with the other health principles. Sleep gives the system the boost it needs to overcome infections, etc.
* During sleep the body is replenished, waste products are removed and bodily systems are re-energized by the master glands.
* A growing number of studies point out that sleep keeps the brain nerve network up to par. Indeed, sleep puts the body and mind on a somewhat holding pattern whereby the self-healing mechanisms work on whatever is damaged or worn out. There is growing evidence that sleep bolsters the immune system and sharpen the mind. --American Health, April 1996.
* Nutritional consultant, Brigitte Mars points out that during sleep the bone marrow and lymph nodes produce substances to empower our immune systems. It is during the beginning or our sleep cycle that much of the body's repair work is done. Indeed, Inspiration points out that "two hours of good sleep before twelve o'clock is worth more than 4 hours after twelve o'clock." --Ellen White, 7 Manuscript Releases, p. 224.
* An aritcle in the April 1999 issue of Our Firm Foundation, showed that the lion-sized share of the repair hormones produced by the body are produced before midnight. Phylis Austin, et al, writing in Fatigue: Causes, Treatment and Prevention, also informs us that sleep before midnight is more likely to result in growth hormones, which are not only vital to children but give ambition and energy to adults.
* Not getting enough sleep can age you prematurely and promote serious illness, according to researchers at the University of Chicago. They found biological signs of "accelerated" aging in healthy young men after less than a week in which they only slept 4 hours a night. Changes in the young men could foster diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity and memory loss. They also found that serious sleep loss "might predispose you to getting even diseases that are known to be genetic." --USA Today, Oct. 22-24, 1999.
Getting an adequate amount of sleep and rest is proving to be a vital part of healthful living. Make sure that you get your share!
Suzanne
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Re: Sleep: Nature's Sweet Restorer
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Sleep Helps Us Lose Weight
A sleep researcher, Dr. Eve Van Cauter, of the University of Chicago, in an article in the British medical journal, "Lancet," pointed out how adequate sleep helps one lose weight.
Dr. Van Cauter's team studied the effect of varied amounts of sleep in 11 healthy men, ages 18 to 27. The men spent 8 hours in bed during the first 3 nights, 4 hours per night for the next 6 nights, and 12 hours per night for the remaining 7 nights. Just one week of sleep deprivation revealed that the production of the growth hormone that helps control the body's proportion of muscle to fat was reduced. This hormone is secreted mostly during the first round of deep, slow-wave sleep (to a greater extent in men than in women). This hormone is extremely important in controlling body weight. When the body produces less of this hormone, there is a tendency for the body to store fat. Depriving ourselves of proper sleep limits the production of this hormone. Also, as we age, the time we spend in deep sleep lessens, making it even more imperative for us to get the sleep we need.
Another hormone that is affected by the amount and quality of sleep we get is leptin. This hormone plays a large part in our ability to control how much we eat. Leptin is the hormone that gives the body the signal that you've eaten enough; it's what tells us that we feel "full." Dr. Van Cauter's study revealed that sleep deprivation causes leptin levels to be reduced. This causes our bodies to crave more food even though we've consumed enough calories. Unless we can burn these excess calories, they will be converted to body fat.
As a result of sleep deprivation, we make the task of controlling our weight even more difficult--we begin our day fatigued. In his book, The Promise of Sleep, Dr. William C. Dement writes that when people are sleep deprived, we lack energy during the day. This lack of energy means that not only do we accomplish less, we also don't burn many calories. The body reacts to this by hoarding calories as fat, making weight loss quite difficult. --by Jacqueline Swenson, SleepSoundly.com.
Isn't this interesting folks? Just another reason for us to get an adequate amount of sleep.
Suzanne
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Re: Sleep: Nature's Sweet Restorer
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06/09/11 11:08 PM
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I recently read an article that said we should change our pillows if we are having trouble sleeping. Indeed, it wouldn't hurt and might help. Many use their pillows for years without changing them, which brings me to my next point:
Bugs Can Lurk in Your Pillows
Your pillow may be filled with harmful fungi! Researchers at the University of Manchester in England examined both synthetic and feather pillows that had been used from 18 months to 20 years and found every pillow held a "substantial fungal load" of between four and 16 species that can worsen sinus and asthma problems and cause infections in transplant patients. And can also contribute to insomnia. Feather pillows had fewer varieties of fungi than synthetic pillows.
Suzanne
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Re: Sleep: Nature's Sweet Restorer
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06/09/11 11:14 PM
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Sleep Longer, Live Longer!
Those with insomnia should do whatever is necessary to get a good night's sleep. Indeed, don't forget to pray about the matter... Medical researchers warn that getting too little sleep can kill you. People who cut their sleeping from 7 hours a night to 5 or less face nearly double the risk of death from all causes--and more than double the risk of death from heart disease.
"Over 40% of the population in the U.S.(and Canada) regularly sleep less than 5 hours a night, so it is not a trivial problem," notes Dr. Francesco Cappuccio, a heart disease expert who headed a study of the problem. British researchers focused on the sleep patterns of 10,000 government workers over a 17-year period. "Our findings indicate that consistently sleeping around 7 hours per night is optimal for health," says Dr. Cappuccio.
Suzanne
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Re: Sleep: Nature's Sweet Restorer
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06/09/11 11:20 PM
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Toss and Turn...Off Your TV
Want a good night's sleep? Try cutting back on nighttime TV and computer time. Heavy users of electronic media right before bed (3 and one half hours or more) were almost twice as likely to report poor sleep quality than lighter users (2 and one half hours or less)--despite getting about the same amount of nightly shut-eye, found a study of over 5,500 adults at Japan's Osaka University. To ensure a good night's rest, spend more time reading before bed, and record shows to watch earlier in the day. --Prevention, January 2008.
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Re: Sleep: Nature's Sweet Restorer
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To Fall Asleep Fast
"This bedtime breathing strategy relaxes the entire body to accelerate the arrival of slumber," says Kazuko Tatsumura Hillyer, Ph.D., founder of Okido Holistic Health Center in New York City. "In fact, I've even seen women with chronic insomnia fall asleep almost immediately."
To do: At bedtime, lie on your back with your legs straight and slightly apart, arms at your sides withi palms facing up. Exhale fully yet gently, as though you're trying to make the flame of a candle flutter. (Your belly should visibly fall.) Next, inhale through your nose, feeling your belly rise. Hold your breath for a count of five, then release. Repeat until you drift off to sleep.
Why It works: Breathing deeply while in a supine position signals the brain to generate sleep-inducing alpha waves, according to studies at Cornell University and elsewhere. This simple technique has also been shown to hinder the body's overnight production of "wake up" hormones like cortisol by 51% or more. Adds Hillyer, "Exhaling fully before inhaling also primes the lungs for greater intake. This physiological change signals the brain that it's time for sleep." --First, February 16, 2009.
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Re: Sleep: Nature's Sweet Restorer
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Reach the Deep-Sleep Zone
Say good night to poor sleep. Women age 60 and older who walked, etc. for at least an hour, 4 times a week, woke up half as often and slept an average 48 minutes more a night than sedentary women, according to a study in the journal Sleep Medicine.
That's good news for the many women who toss and turn more as they get older. As we age, sleep patterns start ashifting, so we spend more of the night in lighter sleep phases, according to Shawn Youngstedt, PhD, an assistant professor of exercise science at the University of South Carolina.
Aim to exercise for at least half an hour, even if it's after a long day. Evidence suggests that for most people, light to moderate activiaty in the evening won't disturb sleep, though trial and error will tell you what works for you. --Prevention, February 2009.
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Re: Sleep: Nature's Sweet Restorer
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06/09/11 11:35 PM
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Sleep Protects the Colon
Those who log in less than 6 hours of shut-eye a night are as likely to develop the type of colon or rectum polyps that can turn into cancerous tumors as people with a family history of colon cancer or who eat a diet high in red meat, according to a new study in the jounal Cancer.
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Re: Sleep: Nature's Sweet Restorer
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06/15/11 02:13 PM
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Again, interesting posts on sleep. Where do you find all these things, or dare I ask? 
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Re: Sleep: Nature's Sweet Restorer
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09/13/11 10:38 PM
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Snooze or Lose
Study finds the sleep deprived age faster
A good night's sleep isn't just refreshing: New research shows that lack of sleep ages the brain. Researchers asked study participants how much sleep they were getting--first as a baseline then 5 years later. Those whose sleep decreased during the 5 years showed an accelerated mental decline during cognitive testing that was equal to an extra 4 to 7 years of aging.
"Sleep regenerates neurons that enable the brain to function optimally," according to lead author Jane Ferrie, PhD., senior researcher at University College London Medical School. Surprisingly, the study found that those whose sleep increased during the 5 years also exhibited cognitive decline, possibly due to depression, heart disease, or some other illness. So what's optimal? 6 to 8 hours--consistently. --AARP, Sept.-Oct. 2011.
Suzanne
Comment: Br. Daryl, I read many, many health magazines each month, always on the lookout for health tidbits that we SDAs can use. Love it!!!!
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