MOTHER WAS RIGHT?
By: Deondria Boyer
Like usual, parents always nag their children to get a good nights rest and go to bed on time. What is the real importance of that anyway? Most teens tend to ignore those instructions. Not as a way to express our constant urge of downright rebelliousness but because we often have a plethora of work to be completed called, homework. Turns out that the latest research has proven that people who sleep less than six hours are more prone to catching the common cold and surprisingly, during the past few weeks of school there has been an outbreak of the common cold.
Latest’s studies show that lack of sleep interferes with our body’s resistance to catching a cold. Researchers have tracked 164 healthy persons, Male and female, for a week at a time, monitoring their sleep patterns and while doing so exposed them to, the common cold. Arthur Prather, lead author of this study and his colleagues found that those who slept less than 5 hours were 4.5 times more likely to catch a cold than those who slept 7 hours. 18% of those who sleep more than 6 hours plus got a cold, while 39% of those who sleep less than 6 hours got the virus. This happens because the lack of sleep interferes with our immune systems daily duties and causes it to react slowly, in which, our bodies become too tired to fight off harmful pathogens.
To improve sleeping habits try setting a bedtime and alarm clock for the morning, do school work ahead of time, nap at home to make up the loss of sleep, sleep in complete darkness if able, and avoid caffeinated drinks.
Latest’s studies show that lack of sleep interferes with our body’s resistance to catching a cold. Researchers have tracked 164 healthy persons, Male and female, for a week at a time, monitoring their sleep patterns and while doing so exposed them to, the common cold. Arthur Prather, lead author of this study and his colleagues found that those who slept less than 5 hours were 4.5 times more likely to catch a cold than those who slept 7 hours. 18% of those who sleep more than 6 hours plus got a cold, while 39% of those who sleep less than 6 hours got the virus. This happens because the lack of sleep interferes with our immune systems daily duties and causes it to react slowly, in which, our bodies become too tired to fight off harmful pathogens.
To improve sleeping habits try setting a bedtime and alarm clock for the morning, do school work ahead of time, nap at home to make up the loss of sleep, sleep in complete darkness if able, and avoid caffeinated drinks.