How less sleep can lead to dementia

 In 2013 and 2014 data was collected from older adults participating in the National Health and Aging Trends Study. They answered questions about sleep disturbances and deficiency. When these answers were examined, they found that routinely taking 30 minutes to fall asleep, difficulty in remaining alert, napping, poor sleep quality, or sleeping 5 of fewer hours per night was associated with an increased risk of death and dementia. These studies demonstrated and proved just how important sleep is.

I personally find this extremely educational. I knew that sleep was important for the body and necessary for day to day life but I never that that it could have such severe long term effects on both the body and the brain. 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210211113840.htm 

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  1. AnonymousApril 19, 2021 at 5:10 AM

    I didn't know that sleep could have that much of an impact on your health. To think that not getting enough sleep could lead to dementia or even death in the future is really scary. It's crazy because doctors always tell us to get a certain amount of sleep each night and we shrug it off because we don't think it's important when in reality it is.

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