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DAY 23
How the Lack of Sleep Affects You
Don’t fight with the pillow, but lay down your head, and
kick every worriment out of the bed.
— Edmund Vance Cooke
Two-thirds of adults fail to obtain the recommended eight hours of
sleep every night. I doubt you are surprised by this fact. But you may be
surprised by the consequences routinely sleeping less than six or seven
hours a night demolishes your immune system, more than doubling
your risk of cancer.
Insufficient sleep is a crucial lifestyle factor determining whether
you will develop Alzheimer’s disease. Even moderate reductions for
just one week disrupt blood sugar levels, profoundly classifying you as
pre-diabetic as quickly as that.
Sleeping for short amounts of time increases the likelihood of your
coronary arteries becoming blocked and brittle, setting you on a path
toward cardiovascular disease, stroke, and congestive heart failure.
I hope I’ve convinced you that getting a good night’s sleep is key to
living a healthy, abundant life!
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