Being Short on Sleep Is A Disaster Waiting to Happen

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By Dr. Mercola

By Dr. Mercola

Lack of sleep can make you irritable, foggy-headed, and moody, but it’s also a veritable disaster waiting to happen. For starters, the neural processes that control alertness and sleep produce an increased tendency toward sleep – along with a diminished capacity to function – during some late-night hours (namely from 2 a.m. to 7 a.m.).

This also happens, to a lesser degree, between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. What’s especially noteworthy about this is these sleepy periods occur whether or not you’ve gotten proper sleep… and the effects only intensify if you have not.<a class="colorbox" href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/default.aspx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" …read more

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