Sleep Patterns and Risk

I am no stranger to waking up several times during the night, the problem is it can possible lead to more serious problems....

The ability to sleep through the night is something we may take for granted, but what happens when we purposefully disrupt this pattern?

As an example, many people break their consolidated sleep period into shorter spans. You may fall asleep in the easy chair in the evening for several hours, wake to watch a favorite late-night television program, grab a snack, and then go to bed for the remainder of the night. Alternatively, you may wake up early in the morning, go to the bathroom and read your book, and then fall asleep for several more hours before finally getting up for the day.

These divided sleep periods may have important consequences, equivalent to chronic sleep deprivation

or sleep disorders that significantly fragment your sleep throughout the night such as sleep apnea. It is important to follow better sleep guidelines, which would discourage the practice of sleeping in these short periods

Original Article Here
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Nathan says: throughout the coming weeks we will be looking at a variety of different ways to develop healthier sleep patterns.

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