If you're going to stay up late, read this article and really understand before you continue!
If you're going to stay up late, read this article, first
Today, let's talk about a common phenomenon in our current society, staying up late. This phenomenon has been around for a long time and almost everyone experiences it. And I recently decided to learn to stay up late because of a friend. My friend didn't see him during the New Year. Just a few days ago, he invited me to his house. During the conversation, he told me that he was hospitalized on New Year's Eve due to some health problems. Since then he has never gone out drinking or stayed up late. Yes, he used to be a man who tried his best to enjoy life. However, now he has overdrawn his youthful vigor. If he doesn't follow medical advice and doesn't drink and stay up late, then he is likely to endanger his life
And this situation can correspond to the lives of most young people nowadays. Maybe people may not be like my friend, but staying up late is harmful. The result is different depending on each person's health condition. After all, physical health is affected by many factors, and when the various factors stack up to the point where the body can't take it, the illness will follow. Staying up late is one of the many factors.
First of all, we need to know what staying up late is. It is only by knowing what a late night is that we can avoid such things. We often hear the expression that staying up after 11 pm is staying up late and going to bed at midnight is staying up late. The origin of this saying is that the body's internal organs will have a corresponding time for metabolic detoxification. Between 9 pm and 11 pm, the immune system (lymphatic fluid) begins to metabolize and detoxify. Between 11 pm and 1 am, the bile begins to metabolize and detoxify. Between 1 am and 3 am, the liver begins to metabolize and detoxify. Between 3 am and 5 am, the lungs begin to metabolize and detoxify. But with so many organs in our bodies, there is an organ that is metabolising and detoxifying every hour of the day, 24 hours a day.
Every time I hear this, I wonder how our organs sense time and how they can operate with such precision at a certain time. If I go to another time zone, will they perceive it? How will they cope with time chaos? And my biggest question is, shouldn't our organs be functioning or on call all the time? Can they be operated on immediately when needed? When I looked up the information with my doubts, I found this timeline of the body's detoxification, which has long been refuted by CCTV. Our organs each do their job. Some are on alert at all times, and some are activated immediately when needed. Not a human machine, organs cannot act independently as they are set up to do. So this statement is false and should no longer be believed.
Since this claim is false, how can it not be? Let's think it's better to go back to the definition of staying up late. The definition of staying up late is staying up late at night. It refers to staying up late or late at night because of things. If we now switch to a more scientific term, it lies in two indicators of sleepiness. The first is the sleep pattern and the second is the quality of sleep. Furthermore, scientists have discovered that when we sleep, there is a cycle with five stages, namely falling asleep, light sleep, deep sleep, and rapid eye movement period. Completing a cycle of sleep is considered normal sleep.
So, to stay up late, you need to have a relatively regular sleep pattern, such as going to sleep at about the same time every night. Then make sure you get enough sleep and have a full sleep cycle so that you can ensure quality sleep. It is only when you have done both that you are considered to have stayed up late.
So how can we tell if we've stayed up late? There is a very simple way, which is that when the night comes and you feel sleepy, can you finish what you have at hand and go to bed? If you can't find it after a while and then you can't, you're not very sleepy. Then it means you are staying up late. At this time you are not sleepy because your body secretes dopamine to keep you awake. When the dopamine effect wears off, sleepiness will strike again.
However, sleep is different for everyone, even our age. That's why we can't create a standard sleep schedule for the general public. We can only adjust our sleep schedule and sleep time according to our situation. As for how to adjust it, we need to know something about our bodies.
Another rumor is that people should sleep at least eight hours a day. This statement is also wrong. The exact amount of sleep varies from person to person. Whether it is seven or eight hours, or even less, as long as the body feels rested enough and refreshed, it is fine. It is by ignoring your situation and conditions and insisting on catering to the so-called scientific method that you are doing yourself a disservice.
The truth is that sometimes staying up late is not to be feared. There are always factors that cause you to stay up late, but don't stay up all the time. Nowadays, people work or go to school all day to get revenge for staying up late and have no free time for themselves, so it seems like they are desperately trying to make up for lost personal time at night and are too sleepy to put their phones down and go to sleep. If you're not sleeping, you're damaging your health.
A final word on the dangers of staying up late, but I don't think it makes much difference whether I talk about it or not. People who want to stay up don't care, and even continue to stay up after reading this article. No one can sway your will, only you can cherish it. So I'll list it without analyzing it in detail.
First of all, staying up late is not enough rest, overworked, the body does not get rest, the mental state is not good, the immunity decreases, and finally easy to get sick. Eyes do not rest for a long time, easy to appear dark circles and bags under the eyes, eyes covered with blood. Another problem that does not manifest itself directly is fertility. People who stay up late a lot are less fertile, so please bear this in mind for those who are thinking about having children and for those who are not yet having children.
Because staying up late has become a phenomenon, there is now a disease called a late-night syndrome. And staying up late for long periods leads to a lack of endogenous oxygen, which leads to the above symptoms. Simply put, endogenous oxygen is the oxygen that enters our body's internal cells. Not all the oxygen we inhale can be used by us, only the oxygen that is directly involved in the cellular activity can be used by us. Endogenous oxygen is distributed throughout the body and the amount varies from organ to organ. The body also adjusts when there is a situation in which an organ requires a lot of use.
That's pretty much all we have to say. Don't stay up late, let's make our own choices.
I think it's a summary of the main points:
Staying up late is harmful is inevitable. The result is different for each individual depending on their physical condition. After all, physical health is affected by many factors, and when various factors are superimposed to the point where the body can't handle them, the illness will follow. Staying up late is one of the many factors.
2. The timetable for human detoxification has long been refuted by CCTV. Our organs each do their job. Some are on alert at all times, others are activated immediately when needed. Not a human machine, organs cannot act independently as they are set up to do. So this statement is false and should no longer be believed.
3. The more scientific claim now actually lies in two indicators of sleep, the first being the sleep pattern and the second the quality of sleep. Also, scientists have discovered that when we sleep, there are cycles and five stages. Completing a cycle of sleep is considered normal sleep.
4. Stay up late to have a relatively regular sleep pattern, such as going to bed at about the same time every night. Then make sure you get enough sleep and have a full sleep cycle so that you can ensure the quality of sleep. It is only when you have done both that you are considered to have stayed up late.
5. Stay up late because the body secretes dopamine to keep you awake. When the dopamine effect wears off, sleepiness will strike again.
6. Sleep is different for everyone, even our age. So we cannot create a standard sleep schedule for the masses. We can only adjust our sleep schedule and sleep time according to our situation. As for how to adjust it, we need to know something about our own bodies.
7. Another rumor to dispel is that people should get at least eight hours of sleep a day. This statement is also wrong. The exact amount of sleep varies from person to person. As long as the body feels rested enough and energetic it is OK. Ignoring your situation and conditions and insisting on catering to the so-called scientific method is what is doing you a disservice.
8. Staying up late is not enough rest, overwork, the body does not get rest, the mental state is not good, the immune system decreases, and you end up getting sick easily. Eyes without rest for a long time are prone to dark circles and bags under the eyes, and eyes are covered with blood. Another problem that does not manifest itself directly is fertility. People who stay up late a lot have lower fertility, so please keep this in mind for those who are thinking about having children and for those who are not yet having children.
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