We will present to you 8 remarkable facts about sleep, some of which you may have heard of, while others you may not even suspect. We encourage you to read carefully:
1. It is scientifically proven that people spend about 1/3 of their lives sleeping, which averages to 25 years.
2. The mattress we sleep on every night must be replaced every 8-10 years, as it accumulates toxic substances that are harmful to humans.
3. Most cardiovascular diseases, as well as diabetes, obesity, and unstable mental states, are due to the lack of 8 hours of sleep.
4. The number of people who take pills (also sleeping pills, tranquilizers) before sleep is drastically increasing.
5. Dreams arise from the noise of electrical impulses passing through the stem of our brain every 90 minutes. In reality, sleep does not last as long as it seems to us, but if we collect all the dreams throughout our lives, they average about 6 years.
6. During sleep, some of the exposed parts of the human body lower their temperature. This most often occurs during "deep" sleep. This ability of the human body is a result of evolution and is similar to that of amphibians.
7. Sleep deprivation has an adverse effect primarily on the amount of melatonin (a natural antioxidant) released by the brain, which slows down or stops the growth of inflammation. The largest amounts of this hormone are released during sleep.
8. After the first 5 minutes of waking up, 50% of dreams are irretrievably forgotten, and by the tenth minute, over 90% of them are already forgotten. Quite a few people claim that they do not dream, but in fact, everyone sees dreams while sleeping, and the reason for their forgetfulness lies in improper waking.
