Sunday, February 6, 2011

Sleep



I have been sleeping regularly lately like a bear due to my strict diet. I believe I manage to sleep more than 10 hours including my nap in a day. Being in such low calorie and moderate carbs diet, many people will tend to be tired and lethargic. No body can escape from this effect and remember nutrition from our food and supplement it self is not enough to fasten our recovery. What most impotent thing that we need is rest and good sleep.

What is Sleep ?

Sleep is a physical and mental resting state in which a person becomes relatively inactive and unaware of the environment. In essence, sleep is a partial detachment from the world, where most external stimuli are blocked from the senses. 

Normal sleep is characterized by a general decrease in body temperature, blood pressure, breathing rate, and most other bodily functions. In contrast, the human brain never decreases inactivity. Studies have shown that the brain is as active during sleep as it is when awake. Throughout an eight-hour sleep cycle, a normal adult alternates between two very different states, non-REM and REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep.

What happen in Sleep ?

Scientists recognize sleep stages by tracking the changes in brain waves. The five sleep stages are repeated as many as five times during the night. As the night progresses, each cycle lengthens, and REM sleep, during which most dreaming takes place, extends.

Sleep Stage 1
Sleep Stage 2
Sleep Stages 3 and 4
REM

more: http://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/sleep/basics/what-happens-when-we-sleep.htm

Now we know the basic, whats next ? Before I go further some people out there need to know that the muscle grow while we are a  sleep not in the gym. Yes, your arm look an inch bigger in the gym after training and that is because the blood is being pump into the muscle so that's the result. Many  gym goer believes going to gym, lifting heavy and consuming some high end range of supplement  is enough with less rest. Partially is true but honestly if that is how it being practice than by consuming sports supplement or not, going to the gym 5 times a week or 3 times a week the result they going to achieve is about the same.

Human growth hormone

One of the top kind of supplement is the one that help to increase hgh. I 'm not talking about Jintropin or Somatropin. As some people know that L-arginine is a precursor to hgh. Low amount of human growth hormone in the body raising levels of fat stored in the body and lowering levels of lean muscle mass, low HGH levels also leads to high total cholesterol, heart disease, low bone density, altered psychological function and a greater risk of dying overall.

Hgh helps to avoid the aging related diseases. In older people, the body starts building up of fat and the decline of muscle mass due to decrease in the HGH secretion level. Human body produces HGH naturally. It is usually produced in the night sleep. There are many studies which show that the HGH is produced during the later stages of nightly sleep, and if you reduce your sleeping time short to five or six hours instead of eight or ten hours, you short-change your HGH generation process. So enough sleep is absolutely essential for staying young, healthy, and vibrant. We should try to get a minimum of eight hours each night. 

Summary 

The most effective way to increase Hgh is by exercising and having enough sleep
   

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