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Go To Sleep!

This week I’m thinking about sleep. An overlooked and neglected component that is vital to our optimal reasoning and performance. Too often we look to the lack of sleep as a badge of honor indicating exemplary endurance.

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Go To Sleep!

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  1. Go To Sleep!

  2. TASK AT HAND: This week I’m thinking about sleep. An overlooked and neglected component that is vital to our optimal reasoning and performance. Too often we look to the lack of sleep as a badge of honor indicating exemplary endurance. I look back at my years as a researcher, medical student, and on-call intern and how I would consider 30 or 40 hours without sleep a proud achievement. Now, I realize that, in those instances, I failed to care for myself and operated in suboptimal conditions.

  3. We know that sleep restriction and sleep deprivation is linked with the development of diseases like obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. Researchers have shown that severe sleep loss jolts the immune system just as stress does, impairing our ability to properly tackle mental and physical tasks(check out study here). Sleep loss quadruples the risk of stroke(find the study here). Lack of sleep is not a badge of honor; rather, it is a mark of embarrassment reflecting our myopic self-awareness and unwillingness to be our best.

  4. Most healthy adults need 7 to 9 hours of sleep a night. Although some individuals can function without sleepiness or drowsiness after as little as 6 hours of sleep – known as short sleepers – this represents less than 1% of the population so, chances are, this is not you. Short sleepers are believed to derive this ability from a genetic mutation on the DEC2 gene(check out the study here).

  5. GRATIS: Man is the only mammal that willingly delays sleep. Stop doing it! For your health and engagement, go to sleep! • My best to you, • David Almeida • david@davidalmeidamd.com • - See more at: http://davidalmeidamd.com/2017/03/#sthash.NrKqEN6t.dpuf

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