Are You Getting A Good Night's Sleep?

On Dr Oz's Anti-aging Check List is getting a good night's sleep.  And today on the call with Jack Canfield and Alex Mandossian, Jack spoke about how important sleep is to be successful and that he missed putting the chapter on sleep in his latest book, The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be.

So this is what Jack had to say about sleep:

'Sleep your way to success' was the chapter that I left out of my latest book after interviewing a professor at Cornell University, an expert on sleep, who noted that more than 60% of the population are sleep deprived.  He recommended to go to bed without an alarm clock and see how much sleep you really need…go to bed a little earlier when you're doing this experiment. 

He went on to say that the majority of people need 8 hrs sleep and I committed to sleep 8 hours twice a week even though I get along fine on 6 hours.

Research shows that HGH(human growth hormone) in your body kicks in for most people somewhere after they have been sleeping for 6 hours and if you're sleeping less than 8 hours you're missing out on the muscle growth and anti aging effect from this hormone.

In addition, long term memory doesn't kick in until after 6 hrs.  Research showed that students getting 8 hours of sleep got higher grades than those getting 6 hrs or less even though both groups of students had the same IQ.

Dr Oz agrees with Jack Canfield on sleep:

There is something lacking in the bedroom that is aging us at warp speed.  We're not sleeping.  And sleeping is the fundamental way we reboot ourselves.

The growth hormone, which is important for maintaining vitality and youthful vigor, is almost impossible to increase naturally without sleep.  Without the sleep that we know is so nourishing, we begin to dramatically age faster.  It strips years off of our 'real age.

The next step is to relax. "When you get in the bed, turn the lights down, do something that's soothing. Turn off the TV, turn off the computer. Don't do things that jazz you back up again, and you will find yourself gently slipping into sleep.

Tips on how to get a good night's sleep coming soon.  Time to sleep!

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