5 Surprising Reasons to Get More Sleep

"Assalamualaikum Embun sayang" 

bisik Umar lembut di telinga kanan isteri kesayangannya itu...

"ABANG!!! terkejut Embun..bila abang balik??? tak dengar pun.. "

"kalau ye pun jawab la salam abang dulu..hehe"

ucap Umar sambil memicit hidung isterinya itu...

"Waalaikumussalam abang Umarku sayang...suka tau kacau Embun"

Embun menarik muka masam...manja...

"Eh,abang nak minum kopi?? Embun panaskan air ye...."

"Tak payah..abang dah minum air masak kat dapur tadi....itu la,kalau baca buku,sampai abang balik pun xsedar..."

"Alah,abang tu yang balik senyap-senyap sape suruh...heee"

"Ye la tu...apa yang menarik sangat Embun baca tu sampai tak perasan abang balik??"

Umar bertanya lembut kepada isterinya smbil membelek-belek buku Reader's Digest edisi 2007 yang dibaca Embun sebentar tadi...

"Ni ha..Embun tengah baca artikel tentang '5 Surprising Reasons to Get More Sleep.'

Menarik tau bang...abang pun patut baca...tak de la abang tidur lewat lagi lepas ni...hehe"

"Ye ke...malas la abang nak baca...Embun bacakan la kat abang"

"Okey!! Embun memang suka bercerita...abang dengar tau...jangan tertidur pulak.." 

tegas Embun kepada Umar.

Umar melabuhkan punggungnya ke sofa...

Embun yang duduk di sisi Umar menjatuhkan kepalanya kebahu Umar....

manis..

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5 Surprising Reasons to Get More Sleep.

It could make you thinner. 

The less sleep you get the higher your body mass index tends to be.Research showed that people who sleep five hours a night were found to have 15 per cent more ghrelin (a hormone that boosts hunger) in their bodies and 15 per cent less leptin (which is a hormone released by your fat cells) than those sleeping eight hours.

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"Patutla abang semakin gemuk....Embun rasa abang gemuk tak?" 

tanya Umar kepada isterinya

"Memang abang gemuk..sebabtu la,Embun selalu suruh abang tidur awal..tengok,ini la akibatnya tak dengar nasihat isteri..." 

ujar Embun sinis tetapi manja..

"Eleh,abang gemuk pun Embun nak juga kat abang..."

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It could boost your memory. 

Sleep plays a key role in making new memories stick in the brain. A Harvard experiment showed that 

subjects taught complex finger movements such as a piano scale recalled them better after 12 hours sleep  than 12 hours wakefulness.

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"Betul betul betul...itu abang setuju!! Abang pernah tengok iklan kat tv pasal benda tu.."

cerita Umar kepada Embun.

"Embun pun!! iklan susu tu kan!!" 

ujar Embun semangat...

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It can fight colds, ulcers and even cancer. 

Good sleep boosts the immune system. Melatonim, produced when you sleep, is a cancer-fighting antioxidant. Night-shift workers may have up to 70 times greater risk of breast cancer. Also the chemical to repair damage to the stomach lining is secreted during sleep. So, staying up all night regularly could raise your risk of ulcers.

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"Really?? abang tak pernah tahu pun...bagus la macam tu..."

Ujar Umar yang semakin berminat dengan apa yang dibaca Embun itu.

"Itu la...Embun pun tak tahu sebelum ni..bagus kan.."

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It can slow down ageing. 

Persistent sleep debt affects carbohydrate metabolism and hormone function is a way that may increase the security of age-related chronic disorders. A large-scale study concluded that people who sleep six to seven hours a night lived longer than those sleeping less than 4.5 hours.

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"Ha, Embun lepas ni tidur awal tau !!"

"Abang pun!!"

Embun memandang Umar...Umar menghadiahkan kucupan sayang di dahi isteri yang dicintainya..

Embun tersenyum...

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It could keep you orderly.

You've a child, that is. The depression and low self-esteem often associated with just being a teenager actually correlate with sleep shortage. Young kids who sleep poorly are more than twice as likely to take to drink and drugs in adolescence. 

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" Oh, menarik sungguh artikel ni kan sayang.Abang tak pernah tahu pun pasal benda-benda ni...thanks to my sayang sebab bagi abang new knowledge..."

"Itu la kan...lepas ni kita langgan la Reader's Digest ni..Banyak maklumat dalam ni bang"

Ujar Embun sambil menyelak artikel-artikel lain....

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