MetaJess

Night of bad sleep -> energy levels reduced -> people eat more to compensate (Lundahl and Nelson, 2015) Poor sleep -> decreased impulse control -> greater risk-taking behaviors -> eating poorly (Killgore, 2006)

Bad sleep might be most damaging to the circulatory system. Increased risk of heart attack, elevated blood pressure, heart failure, stroke. Most studies center around sleep apnea, but recent research shows that anything fragmenting sleep can potentially elevate blood pressure

Your sleep can influence whether you develop a funny heart rhythm and a massive blood clot in your leg. If you struggle to breathe at night, you’ll compensate by breathing more forcefully. Forceful lungs put pressure on the heart. (This is kinda sad, it’s like abusive household,)

The added pressure on the heart pushes fluids out of the blood vessels and into the tissue of our body. This is the mehanism behind leg swelling. When the heart has to work harder to pump the blood, it enlarges – which is the beginning of heart failure. This is really sad to me

MOOD: - poor sleep worsens moods, linked to worsened depression & anxiety - Interrupted sleep may affect mood more than reduced sleep (Finan, 2015) - sleep apnea treatment reduces depression (Hillman, 2015) - Bipolar patients get screwed on sleep in both phases

IMMUNE SYSTEM: - subjects voluntarily given the rhinovirus were likelier to develop a cold on ≤6 hours of sleep than >7 hours (Prather, 2015) - disturbed sleep is a risk factor for developing autoimmune system disorders: arthritis, spondylitis, Sjogren’s, scolerosis, lupus

Funny & interesting: Chris spends 2+ pages telling the reader to say it out loud that they sleep. Say it. “I sleep.” Because you sleep. It’s the first law he has to establish with his new patients. Law 1: You sleep. As with diets and budgets, people live in denial about sleep