Day 001 Flashcards
Obtain
Adults in many developed nations fail to obtain the recommended seven to nine hours of nightly sleep.
يفشل البالغون في العديد من الدول المتقدمة في الحصول على الساعات الموصى بها من النوم ليلاً والتي تتراوح ما بين سبع إلى تسع ساعات.
Doubt
I doubt that you will be surprised by this fact, but you may be surprised by the consequences.
——
أشك في أنك ستفاجأ بهذه الحقيقة، ولكنك قد تفاجأ بالعواقب.
Consequences
The health consequences of sleep deficiency can be quite severe.
يمكن أن تكون العواقب الصحية الناجمة عن نقص النوم وخيمة للغاية.
Immune
Sleeping less than six hours a night severely affects your immune system.
Substantially
Sleeping less than six hours a night substantially increases your risk of certain forms of cancer.
Certain
Inadequate sleep increases your risk of developing certain forms of cancer.
Insufficient
Insufficient sleep may be a key lifestyle factor linked to poor health.
Inadequate
Inadequate sleep increases the likelihood of coronary artery blockages.
Disrupts
Lack of sleep disrupts blood sugar levels, making you pre-diabetic.
Profoundly
Sleep deprivation can profoundly affect your physical and mental health.
Likelihood
Sleep deprivation increases the likelihood of coronary artery blockages.
Brittle
Short sleep makes your arteries brittle, increasing the risk of heart disease.
Congestive
Sleep deprivation is linked to congestive heart failure.
Fitting
This aligns with Charlotte Brontë’s wisdom.
Contributes
Sleep deprivation contributes to all major psychiatric conditions.
Psychiatric
Sleep deprivation is associated with all major psychiatric conditions, including depression.
Anxiety
Lack of sleep increases anxiety.
Suicidality
Sleep deprivation increases the risk of suicidality.
Desire
You may notice a desire to eat more when you’re tired.
Coincidence
This is no coincidence; lack of sleep increases hunger.
Swells
Lack of sleep swells concentrations of a hormone that makes you feel hungry.
Companion
A companion hormone that otherwise signals fullness.
Otherwise
Lack of sleep leads to weight gain, despite efforts to diet.
Despite
Sleep-deficient adults and children are more likely to gain weight.
Sleep-deficient
It is unfortunate that many people adopt this mindset.
Unfortunate
Adopting this mindset could shorten your lifespan.
Adopt
The elastic band of sleep deprivation can only stretch so far before it snaps.
Elastic
Humans are the only species that deliberately deprive themselves of sleep.
Deprive
People deprive themselves of sleep without legitimate gain.
Legitimate
Numerous components of wellness are affected by sleep deprivation.
Wellness
Humans are the only species that deliberately deprive themselves of sleep.
Species
Neglecting sleep leads to serious consequences.
Neglect
Sleep deprivation has become a global health epidemic.
Epidemic
Sleep deprivation leads to the aforementioned physical and mental health issues.
Aforementioned
Sleep deprivation is linked to mental disorders.
Mental Disorders
Scientists have started lobbying for doctors to prescribe sleep as medicine.
Lobbying
Doctors are increasingly prescribing sleep as a form of treatment.
Prescribing
This is not a plea for doctors to prescribe more sleeping pills.
Plea
The evidence surrounding the deleterious effects of sleep deprivation is overwhelming.
Deleterious
Can we say that a lack of sleep can kill you outright?
Outright
A lack of sleep can lead to a disorder characterized by progressive insomnia.
Disorder
Progressive insomnia typically begins in midlife.
Progressive
Insomnia can cause people to lose many basic brain functions.
Insomnia
Eventually, the patient stops sleeping altogether.
Midlife
After months without sleep, patients begin to lose basic brain functions.
Basic
After twelve to eighteen months without sleep, the patient dies.
