Harmful effects of staying up late

1. Harmful Effects of Staying Up Late
The value of a good night sleep cannot be over emphasized. It
has been said time and again that good sleep leads to good
health. Good sleep does not mean sleeping the whole day. It
means going to bed at the right time and sleeping for six to eight
hours. That is the average time recommended by numerous
specialists.
This ensures that you wake up early feeling refreshed. Sadly,
many people have given this sound advice a deaf ear. Instead,
they have developed bad habits that are affecting their general
well-being without them even noticing.
Some of these effects might take a while to manifest. Apart from
the common ones such as reduced productivity or laziness, here
are more reasons why staying up late is bad for you.

2. High Blood Pressure
If you keep on staying up until 2:00 am, you might one day wake
up in the hospital with a severe case of high blood pressure. We
all know that high blood pressure is caused by too much stress.
Denying your body sleep may cause you to be stressed out and
hence end up with high blood pressure. This, in turn, leads to
other ailments such as heart failure, kidney failure, eye problems
and many others. Stress, insomnia and high blood pressure go
hand in hand, don’t let it lead you to your grave early.
Obesity and Serious Weight Gain
We all want to stay fit. No one wants to be fat and unhealthy.
Many scientific studies have shown a correlation between sleep
deprivation and weight gain. Denying yourself sleep has adverse
effects on your ghrelin (the “hunger hormone”), which is a
hormone that controls your appetite.
Once ghrelin has been messed with, leptin (the “obesity
hormone”) will not be able to determine whether you are full or
hungry. This will, in turn, affect your digestive system and you
will end up with several pounds of unwanted fat in your body.
Car Accidents
Imagine you must get up early to go to work at 7:00 am and yet
you only slept at 3:00 am? Chances are, by the time you wake up

3. to rush to work, you still aren’t fully awake. A person who is
sleep-deprived is as good as a drunken person.
No matter how hard you deny your body rest, it will still force
itself to slow down and get some rest by itself. This might happen
at the worst time, in this case, while you are driving to or from
work.
Skin Problems and Premature Aging
Have you ever seen those people who look like they are 80 years
old yet they are only 40? One of them may be suffering from
insomnia. Again, this all boils down to you putting too much
stress on your body and causing some hormonal malfunctions.
Cortisol (the “stress hormone”) and collagen do not go hand in
hand. Once you have stressed your body too much and it
produces a lot of cortisol, it will digest the collagen in your body.
Collagen is the reason why you have that silky, smooth skin.
Once it is broken down, it will leave your skin dry and people will
be left wondering about how old you really are. So, if you want to
look younger, don’t sleep late.
Reduced Immunity to Diseases
You may be young and full of life but then you wonder why
sometimes you fall sick too often. The reason might be the long
hours you spend at night chatting with your friends or watching
the latest videos on YouTube.

4. The body produces antibodies that protect you from diseases.
These antibodies function well when you eat well and have
enough rest. When your body is exhausted, it inhibits the
production of these antibodies leaving you prone to attack by
common illnesses. If you really want to reduce all those
unnecessary doctor’s appointments, sleep early.
There are so many illnesses and complications that you can easily
avoid if you sleep early. You may not notice any negative side
effect at first, but one day you will be lying in a hospital bed
wondering where you went wrong. Take your health and life in
your own hands and start developing a healthy sleeping habit
today.
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