SLEEEEEEP

Sleeping is as important to your health as eating. . .

• helps to build a healthy immune system
• balances your appetite by helping regulate hormones
• helps you become energetic & successful while awake
• reduces levels of anxiety and depression

Lack of sleep can have significant effects on the hippocampus, an area of the brain involved in memory creation and consolidation

HUMANS DO NOT ADAPT TO GETTING LESS SLEEP... Sleep depriving schedules enable impaired judgement, reaction time and other functions.

• Amount of sleep you will need increase if you've been deprived of sleep previous days,
• If you get too little sleep, you'll go into what's called "sleep debt," kind of like being overdrawn at a bank.
• Chronic sleep debt raises the risk of obesity, heart disease, stroke & diabetes.
• Researchers have found that under certain conditions, disturbed sleep can even alter gene expression.

Most college students get 4-6 hours of sleep every night.