Comments on: Are your sleep habits making you fat, nasty and dumb? http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/ Innovation, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Personal Development Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:29:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Your Brains Need A Workout | Indie Release http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/#comment-31259 Your Brains Need A Workout | Indie Release Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:54:50 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/#comment-31259 [...] Stay on a schedule: A regular sleeping schedule will help you fall asleep faster and wake up easier. [...] [...] Stay on a schedule: A regular sleeping schedule will help you fall asleep faster and wake up easier. [...]

]]> By: 20 Ways To Train Your Brain For Peak Performance | Le Van - Trên con đường thành công không có dấu chân của kẻ lười biếng! http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/#comment-28129 20 Ways To Train Your Brain For Peak Performance | Le Van - Trên con đường thành công không có dấu chân của kẻ lười biếng! Sat, 20 Aug 2011 01:47:54 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/#comment-28129 [...] lack of sleep can interfere with your ability to assimilate new information.  This means those all-nighters you [...] [...] lack of sleep can interfere with your ability to assimilate new information.  This means those all-nighters you [...]

]]> By: Shawn James http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/#comment-24757 Shawn James Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:52:10 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/#comment-24757 Wow, some good points and notes in the article. @Kiefer says that lack of sleep doesn't make you fat. Indirectly, it does. People with lack of sleep (see more a little later in my comment) need to feed their body the energy it is lacking. This often comes in the form of high-caffeine and high-sugar foods, which will indirectly lead to obesity when you lack considerable amounts of sleep. For example, someone who gets little sleep one night might have an extra coffee in the morning and a chocolate bar in the afternoon. The diuretic coffee flushes important nutrition out, while the chocolate is high in sugar and converts to fat because this person will not be exercising to burn those calories (too tired, you see?). So indirectly, lack of sleep (especially when it is compounded over time) results in fat. Something else worth noting is that true lack of sleep, or "sleep deprivation" as it is called, is 15 of 30 days in a one-month period where you sleep less than 6 hours. Are you sleep deprived? (I think most of have been at some point); the latest numbers out of the National Sleep Institute shows that the average American sleeps just 6.7 hours per night. This is alarming, but it makes sense when you look at how obesity is on the rise, anger management, etc., etc.. It's a cycle which we can control. Again, great info and some good discussion here... Wow, some good points and notes in the article. @Kiefer says that lack of sleep doesn’t make you fat. Indirectly, it does. People with lack of sleep (see more a little later in my comment) need to feed their body the energy it is lacking. This often comes in the form of high-caffeine and high-sugar foods, which will indirectly lead to obesity when you lack considerable amounts of sleep. For example, someone who gets little sleep one night might have an extra coffee in the morning and a chocolate bar in the afternoon. The diuretic coffee flushes important nutrition out, while the chocolate is high in sugar and converts to fat because this person will not be exercising to burn those calories (too tired, you see?). So indirectly, lack of sleep (especially when it is compounded over time) results in fat.

Something else worth noting is that true lack of sleep, or “sleep deprivation” as it is called, is 15 of 30 days in a one-month period where you sleep less than 6 hours. Are you sleep deprived? (I think most of have been at some point); the latest numbers out of the National Sleep Institute shows that the average American sleeps just 6.7 hours per night. This is alarming, but it makes sense when you look at how obesity is on the rise, anger management, etc., etc.. It’s a cycle which we can control.

Again, great info and some good discussion here…

]]> By: Garden Guru http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/#comment-24242 Garden Guru Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:42:35 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/#comment-24242 I don't suffer from insomnia but I have always suffered from poor sleep; and wake most mornings feeling extremely tired. I think diet plays a big part in our sleep patterns and restfulness and recently gave up foods which I believe contrinuted; such as wheat and milk... since then i've felt much better I would say and feel its really made an impact I don’t suffer from insomnia but I have always suffered from poor sleep; and wake most mornings feeling extremely tired.

I think diet plays a big part in our sleep patterns and restfulness and recently gave up foods which I believe contrinuted; such as wheat and milk… since then i’ve felt much better I would say and feel its really made an impact

]]> By: Dr. Ruth http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/#comment-19424 Dr. Ruth Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:48:34 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/#comment-19424 Interesting article. However, these studies all seem to imply that everyone needs the same amount of sleep. Not so. Insomnia does not mean not sleeping, it means getting less sleep than you, personally, need. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher only needed about four hours a night and, although one might not agree with her ideas, it is impossible to describe her as dumb. As long as we wake in the morning feeling refreshed, we are getting enough sleep . . . but worrying about our sleeping patterns can actually cause insomnia. Interesting article. However, these studies all seem to imply that everyone needs the same amount of sleep. Not so. Insomnia does not mean not sleeping, it means getting less sleep than you, personally, need. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher only needed about four hours a night and, although one might not agree with her ideas, it is impossible to describe her as dumb. As long as we wake in the morning feeling refreshed, we are getting enough sleep . . . but worrying about our sleeping patterns can actually cause insomnia.

]]> By: Shennan T. http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/#comment-17737 Shennan T. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:47:09 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/#comment-17737 Who would have thought that SLEEP could be a factor in weight gain. Now I have an excuse whenever I gain weight. Interesting article. Who would have thought that SLEEP could be a factor in weight gain. Now I have an excuse whenever I gain weight. Interesting article.

]]> By: Frank Ferry Beds http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/#comment-16431 Frank Ferry Beds Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:23:26 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/#comment-16431 I agree with Angela. But some people wont have heard it, and if they have. They very rarely put it into practice do they? I agree with Angela.

But some people wont have heard it, and if they have. They very rarely put it into practice do they?

]]> By: Angela http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/#comment-15538 Angela Sun, 23 May 2010 16:47:30 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/#comment-15538 There's nothing here that I haven't read before (though admittedly, you phrase it well). I had to work a graveyard shift for about two years and I found that I tended to eat worse because if I was tired and irritable and just wanted something to make me feel better. I've been back on a normal sleep schedule since January and I haven't exactly become a new woman I have been feeling more energetic. There’s nothing here that I haven’t read before (though admittedly, you phrase it well). I had to work a graveyard shift for about two years and I found that I tended to eat worse because if I was tired and irritable and just wanted something to make me feel better. I’ve been back on a normal sleep schedule since January and I haven’t exactly become a new woman I have been feeling more energetic.

]]> By: dhaval http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/#comment-15517 dhaval Sat, 22 May 2010 13:10:40 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/#comment-15517 This is very impressive article.This article is give me good information about sleep.Now i realize sleep is a very important part in our life. This is very impressive article.This article is give me good information about sleep.Now i realize sleep is a very important part in our life.

]]> By: Veronica (lifewithnature) http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/#comment-15217 Veronica (lifewithnature) Wed, 12 May 2010 16:02:40 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/#comment-15217 Sleep is very important for health in general. In your tips to improve sleep I could add having a healthy diet. Eating difficult to digest food can certainly impact your sleep. More than just coffee and alcohol, fatty or sugary food, or simply eating too much, or to fast, can be as bad for your sleep. However, if certain food can disturb your sleep, some other can help you having a good night rest. It's the case of oatmeal. Oatmeal contains some substances that naturally help fighting insomnia. But all the other tips mentioned above are also very helpful. Thanks for this post! Sleep is very important for health in general. In your tips to improve sleep I could add having a healthy diet.

Eating difficult to digest food can certainly impact your sleep. More than just coffee and alcohol, fatty or sugary food, or simply eating too much, or to fast, can be as bad for your sleep. However, if certain food can disturb your sleep, some other can help you having a good night rest. It’s the case of oatmeal. Oatmeal contains some substances that naturally help fighting insomnia.

But all the other tips mentioned above are also very helpful. Thanks for this post!

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