Stress and Sleep

Author: Hasan Yahya, Professor of Sociology

Doctors have known for many years that lack of sleep can cause foggy thinking and poor concentration. More recent research has shown that lack of sleep can also lead to potentially serious health problems. For example, chronic lack of sleep can place you at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Cortisol, a stress hormone that regulates the blood sugar glucose, seems to be to blame. Prolonged sleeplessness causes the body to continuously release cortisol into the bloodstream. This, in turn, causes a rise in glucose in the blood that prompts the body to release more and more insulin in an attempt to lower the glucose level. Over time, the increased production of insulin leads to insulin resistance, a condition in which the cells no longer respond to the effects of insulin; insulin resistance can lead to type 2 diabetes. An excess of insulin in the blood also encourages the body to store fat, boosting the risk of obesity.

The chronic release of stress hormones caused by sleep deprivation affects your immune system, making you more susceptible to colds and infections. Chronic lack of sleep can also accelerate the aging process. When you don't get enough sleep, your brain doesn't make the normal amounts of hormones, producing hormone levels similar to those of a much older person. However, subsequently getting a full night's sleep reverses this aging effect, returning hormone levels to normal.

If you have trouble in getting a good sleep at night, do not ignore and let your sleep return. To make this happen we need to take advantage of all the, high-tech tools we have. The six steps of The Powermind Technique will enable you to reach the deep subconscious level of mind and teach you to re-program your life for health wealth, happiness, and more productivity, capability for more intimacy, creativity, and wholeness. This is, in fact, a state of peak performance. And, when the brain is in this highly synchronous and coherent state, it produces large quantities of neurochemicals called endorphins, making the whole experience very pleasurable! This is in fact the true nature of mankind. Hasan Yahya

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About the Author
Hasan Yahya is an American Arab scholar, and a professor of sociology. He published 27 plus books and 195 plus articles on sociology, psychology, politics, poetry, IQ Test Measurement and short stories in both Arabic and English. His articles may be found on articlesbase.com, Face book and other internet sites. His recent book published on Amazon titled: Lawlaki: Lawlaki Poetry Diwan, 2000 Bayt Min al-Shi'r al-Arabi (from Emri’ al-Qays to Nizar Qabbani), Zawjatu al-Sultan, and al-Zawaj fil-‘Alam, all in Arabic.(On Amazon, 2009). His recent activities reflects his talents and knowledge on youtube’s Dr.Yahya Channel TV videos under the name of askdryahya.