Singapore Adults Unfit, Sleep Deprived .....

[Darthrevan]

[Ooosh]

If you are nodding off at work most probably you are not doing enough work to keep yourself occupied.

[Vid]

 

Haiz... after up you, I have to piak another 35 more...

 

To piak 50 here in MCF is not easy

[I-LOVE-CARS]

On the issue of unfit, maybe they should bring back this

 

Edited October 25, 2013 by I-LOVE-CARS

[WTF]

 

confirmed + chopped

 

 

can sue mcf then???

[Ah_Zai]

its okay to sleep late la....jus rmb to drink lots of water, take vitamin C, exercise regularly. earn money is important, but keeping urself fit also crucial leh. many ppl i know say tat they no time to exercise...but they got time to go pub "chill" or queue for hours for the latest iphone....

 

no matter how a person is busy, sure got time to spare 60 minutes each day to exercise one - 30 minutes to jog around , 10 minutes to quick shower, 5 minutes to make coffee, 15 minutes to rest and finish up the coffee. then work again...

 

 

 

Hur..... Singaporean not healthy enough ....

 

 

Yahoo news: Singapore adults unfit, sleep deprived: survey

 

Singapore scores just 59 out 100 for healthy living, according to the 2013 Healthy Living Index Survey that was announced on Thursday by insurance company AIA Singapore.

This ranks the bustling city-state at number 10 out of the 15 markets across the Asia-Pacific region which took part in the survey.

The 2013 AIA Healthy Living Index Survey was conducted with 10,200 adults and it studied their behaviour and health satisfaction.

Over 75 per cent of the total respondents mentioned that their health isn't as good as it was five years ago. The same percentage applies to the Singapore adults who had taken part in the survey; many of them had rated themselves at only 6.6 out 10

Among Singapore adults, who rate their health satisfaction at just 6.6 out of 10, the survey findings showed that many of them are sleep deprived, have bad posture and do not spend enough time exercising.

They spend about 30 hours lesser on exercising compared to others in the region — this is below the average.

However, they are spending more time engaging in online activities and logging on to social networking sites. Three in four Singapore adults have confessed to this and over 75 per cent of them said that they find it hard to break the addictive habit.

Furthermore, less than half of Singapore respondents said that they have gone for a health check-up in the last 12 months, said the survey.

However, Singapore adults are concerned with food safety and hazards from various types of pollution.

Three in four of them are anxious about food that may contain harmful ingredients mainly due to the food scandals that have been coming up in the region, and 70 per cent of the total Singapore respondents are concerned with incidence of poor air quality, mainly caused by the recent haze.

 

link: http://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-scores-59-out-100-on-healthy-living--aia-survey-120928050.html

 

 

 

Not enough sleep I believe lar. After a hard days work, tug in one Pub and happy hours till 11.00pm......

Some surf mcf till 2 am also have ....

 

 

Edited October 27, 2013 by Ah_Zai

[Yattokame]

We pat our kids to sleep about 8.30pm and by 9.30pm they will be sound asleep. That's when my wife and I will hit the gym (closes at 11pm). We will be done and back by 10.30pm, shower and sleep by 11pm. That's the absolute latest.

 

Sleep is for your organs to rejuvenate themselves. No amount of supplements will help. TCM states the time between 11pm to 1am (?) is for your liver to rest. Never trade health for wealth.

[Maxus-MIFA9]

We pat our kids to sleep about 8.30pm and by 9.30pm they will be sound asleep. That's when my wife and I will hit the gym (closes at 11pm). We will be done and back by 10.30pm, shower and sleep by 11pm. That's the absolute latest.

 

Sleep is for your organs to rejuvenate themselves. No amount of supplements will help. TCM states the time between 11pm to 1am (?) is for your liver to rest. Never trade health for wealth.

 

hmmm........ nothing happen in bed after 11.00pm....

 

[RadX]

 

can sue mcf then???

 

 

in order to protect MCF from any litigative repercussions, we regret that we will have to terminate your account here and thus render you invalid and void.

 

you have 2 hrs to reply to this message, else it would be deemed that you accept that you have your account terminated.....

 

 

Grim Reaper & PArtners ltd

[Yattokame]

 

hmmm........ nothing happen in bed after 11.00pm....

 

 

haha.... then must arrange NOT to go to the gym lah..... ;)

[Maxus-MIFA9]

 

haha.... then must arrange NOT to go to the gym lah..... ;)

 

hur...

 

before 11.00pm finish buisness ....

 

no long fore-play ...

[Yattokame]

 

hur...

 

before 11.00pm finish buisness ....

 

no long fore-play ...

 

ok u come I play with you.

 

I smack your forehead. like that considered "fore"play or not? LOL

[Baal]

sleep late wake late also no use, coz sleep cycle already screwed. Min 7 hrs of sleep to complete 2 full cycles of stage 1-5. Per cycle = 3.5-4hrs.

LTK may or may not have how deep his comment ran ' we cant afford another sleepy driver"...
PMEs get it the worst. I believe in work life balance.....the balance includes sufficient time sleeping.

[Karu]

Too many distraction at night... S'poreans not doing the right thing at night because S'porean don't have much sex according to another survey.

[Baal]

http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/excessive-sleepiness-10/10-results-sleep-loss

Coping With Excessive Sleepiness

10 Things to Hate About Sleep Loss

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Reviewed byJames Beckerman, MD, FACC

You know lack of sleep can make you grumpy and foggy. You may not know what it can do to your sex life, memory, health, looks, and even ability to lose weight. Here are 10 surprising -- and serious -- effects of sleep loss.


1. Sleepiness Causes Accidents

Sleep deprivation was a factor in some of the biggest disasters in recent history: the 1979 nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, the massive Exxon Valdez oil spill, the 1986 nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl, and others.

 

But sleep loss is also a big public safety hazard every day on the road. Drowsiness can slow reaction time as much as driving drunk. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that fatigue is a cause in 100,000 auto crashes and 1,550 crash-related deaths a year in the U.S. The problem is greatest among people under 25 years old.

 

Studies show that sleep loss and poor-quality sleep also lead to accidents and injuries on the job. In one study, workers who complained about excessive daytime sleepiness had significantly more work accidents, particularly repeated work accidents. They also had more sick days per accident.

2. Sleep Loss Dumbs You Down

Sleep plays a critical role in thinking and learning. Lack of sleep hurts these cognitive processes in many ways. First, it impairs attention, alertness, concentration, reasoning, and problem solving. This makes it more difficult to learn efficiently.

 

Second, during the night, various sleep cycles play a role in “consolidating” memories in the mind. If you don’t get enough sleep, you won’t be able to remember what you learned and experienced during the day.

 

3. Sleep Deprivation Can Lead to Serious Health Problems

Sleep disorders and chronic sleep loss can put you at risk for:

 

• Heart disease
• Heart attack
• Heart failure
• Irregular heartbeat
• High blood pressure
• Stroke
• Diabetes

 

According to some estimates, 90% of people with insomnia -- a sleep disorder characterized by trouble falling and staying asleep -- also have another health condition.

4. Lack of Sleep Kills Sex Drive

Sleep specialists say that sleep-deprived men and women report lower libidos and less interest in sex. Depleted energy, sleepiness, and increased tension may be largely to blame.

 

For men with sleep apnea, a respiratory problem that interrupts sleep, there may be another factor in the sexual slump. A study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism in 2002 suggests that many men with sleep apnea also have low testosterone levels.

 

In the study, nearly half of the men who suffered from severe sleep apnea also secreted abnormally low levels of testosterone during the night.

 

 

5. Sleepiness Is Depressing

Over time, lack of sleep and sleep disorders can contribute to the symptoms of depression. In a 2005 Sleep in America poll, people who were diagnosed with depression or anxiety were more likely to sleep less than six hours at night.

 

The most common sleep disorder, insomnia, has the strongest link to depression. In a 2007 study of 10,000 people, those with insomnia were five times as likely to develop depression as those without. In fact, insomnia is often one of the first symptoms of depression.

 

Insomnia and depression feed on each other. Sleep loss often aggravates the symptoms of depression, and depression can make it more difficult to fall asleep. On the positive side, treating sleep problems can help depression and its symptoms, and vice versa.

 

6. Lack of Sleep Ages Your Skin

 

Most people have experienced sallow skin and puffy eyes after a few nights of missed sleep. But it turns out that chronic sleep loss can lead to lackluster skin, fine lines, and dark circles under the eyes.

 

When you don’t get enough sleep, your body releases more of the stress hormone cortisol. In excess amounts, cortisol can break down skin collagen, the protein that keeps skin smooth and elastic.

 

Sleep loss also causes the body to release too little human growth hormone. When we’re young, human growth hormone promotes growth. As we age, it helps increase muscle mass, thicken skin, and strengthen bones.

 

“It’s during deep sleep -- what we call slow-wave sleep -- that growth hormone is released,” says sleep expert Phil Gehrman, PhD. “It seems to be part of normal tissue repair -- patching the wear and tear of the day.”

 

7. Sleepiness Makes You Forgetful

Trying to keep your memory sharp? Try getting plenty of sleep.

 

In 2009, American and French researchers determined that brain events called “sharp wave ripples” are responsible for consolidating memory. The ripples also transfer learned information from the hippocampus to the neocortex of the brain, where long-term memories are stored. Sharp wave ripples occur mostly during the deepest levels of sleep.

 

8. Losing Sleep Can Make You Gain Weight

When it comes to body weight, it may be that if you snooze, you lose. Lack of sleep seems to be related to an increase in hunger and appetite, and possibly to obesity. According to a 2004 study, people who sleep less than six hours a day were almost 30 percent more likely to become obese than those who slept seven to nine hours.

 

Recent research has focused on the link between sleep and the peptides that regulate appetite. “Ghrelin stimulates hunger and leptin signals satiety to the brain and suppresses appetite,” says Siebern. “Shortened sleep time is associated with decreases in leptin and elevations in ghrelin.”

 

Not only does sleep loss appear to stimulate appetite. It also stimulates cravings for high-fat, high-carbohydrate foods. Ongoing studies are considering whether adequate sleep should be a standard part of weight loss programs.

 

9. Lack of Sleep May Increase Risk of Death

In the “Whitehall II Study,” British researchers looked at how sleep patterns affected the mortality of more than 10,000 British civil servants over two decades. The results, published in 2007, showed that those who had cut their sleep from seven to five hours or fewer a night nearly doubled their risk of death from all causes. In particular, lack of sleep doubled the risk of death from cardiovascular disease.

10. Sleep Loss Impairs Judgment, Especially About Sleep

Lack of sleep can affect our interpretation of events. This hurts our ability to make sound judgments because we may not assess situations accurately and act on them wisely.

 

Sleep-deprived people seem to be especially prone to poor judgment when it comes to assessing what lack of sleep is doing to them. In our increasingly fast-paced world, functioning on less sleep has become a kind of badge of honor. But sleep specialists say if you think you’re doing fine on less sleep, you’re probably wrong. And if you work in a profession where it’s important to be able to judge your level of functioning, this can be a big problem.

 

“Studies show that over time, people who are getting six hours of sleep, instead of seven or eight, begin to feel that they’ve adapted to that sleep deprivation -- they’ve gotten used to it,” Gehrman says. “But if you look at how they actually do on tests of mental alertness and performance, they continue to go downhill. So there’s a point in sleep deprivation when we lose touch with how impaired we are.”

 

 

http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/excessive-sleepiness-10/10-results-sleep-loss

 

 

Baal : For the benefit of Motorist, PME(s) & Tiko Rangers....

[Super7]

http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/excessive-sleepiness-10/10-results-sleep-loss

 

Coping With Excessive Sleepiness

10 Things to Hate About Sleep Loss

Why do I need to register or sign in for WebMD to save?

 

Reviewed byJames Beckerman, MD, FACC

You know lack of sleep can make you grumpy and foggy. You may not know what it can do to your sex life, memory, health, looks, and even ability to lose weight. Here are 10 surprising -- and serious -- effects of sleep loss.

 

 

1. Sleepiness Causes Accidents

Sleep deprivation was a factor in some of the biggest disasters in recent history: the 1979 nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, the massive Exxon Valdez oil spill, the 1986 nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl, and others.

 

But sleep loss is also a big public safety hazard every day on the road. Drowsiness can slow reaction time as much as driving drunk. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that fatigue is a cause in 100,000 auto crashes and 1,550 crash-related deaths a year in the U.S. The problem is greatest among people under 25 years old.

 

Studies show that sleep loss and poor-quality sleep also lead to accidents and injuries on the job. In one study, workers who complained about excessive daytime sleepiness had significantly more work accidents, particularly repeated work accidents. They also had more sick days per accident.

2. Sleep Loss Dumbs You Down

Sleep plays a critical role in thinking and learning. Lack of sleep hurts these cognitive processes in many ways. First, it impairs attention, alertness, concentration, reasoning, and problem solving. This makes it more difficult to learn efficiently.

 

Second, during the night, various sleep cycles play a role in “consolidating” memories in the mind. If you don’t get enough sleep, you won’t be able to remember what you learned and experienced during the day.

 

3. Sleep Deprivation Can Lead to Serious Health Problems

Sleep disorders and chronic sleep loss can put you at risk for:

 

• Heart disease
• Heart attack
• Heart failure
• Irregular heartbeat
• High blood pressure
• Stroke
• Diabetes

 

According to some estimates, 90% of people with insomnia -- a sleep disorder characterized by trouble falling and staying asleep -- also have another health condition.

 

 

4. Lack of Sleep Kills Sex Drive

Sleep specialists say that sleep-deprived men and women report lower libidos and less interest in sex. Depleted energy, sleepiness, and increased tension may be largely to blame.

 

For men with sleep apnea, a respiratory problem that interrupts sleep, there may be another factor in the sexual slump. A study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism in 2002 suggests that many men with sleep apnea also have low testosterone levels.

 

In the study, nearly half of the men who suffered from severe sleep apnea also secreted abnormally low levels of testosterone during the night.

 

 

5. Sleepiness Is Depressing

Over time, lack of sleep and sleep disorders can contribute to the symptoms of depression. In a 2005 Sleep in America poll, people who were diagnosed with depression or anxiety were more likely to sleep less than six hours at night.

 

The most common sleep disorder, insomnia, has the strongest link to depression. In a 2007 study of 10,000 people, those with insomnia were five times as likely to develop depression as those without. In fact, insomnia is often one of the first symptoms of depression.

 

Insomnia and depression feed on each other. Sleep loss often aggravates the symptoms of depression, and depression can make it more difficult to fall asleep. On the positive side, treating sleep problems can help depression and its symptoms, and vice versa.

 

6. Lack of Sleep Ages Your Skin

 

Most people have experienced sallow skin and puffy eyes after a few nights of missed sleep. But it turns out that chronic sleep loss can lead to lackluster skin, fine lines, and dark circles under the eyes.

 

When you don’t get enough sleep, your body releases more of the stress hormone cortisol. In excess amounts, cortisol can break down skin collagen, the protein that keeps skin smooth and elastic.

 

Sleep loss also causes the body to release too little human growth hormone. When we’re young, human growth hormone promotes growth. As we age, it helps increase muscle mass, thicken skin, and strengthen bones.

 

“It’s during deep sleep -- what we call slow-wave sleep -- that growth hormone is released,” says sleep expert Phil Gehrman, PhD. “It seems to be part of normal tissue repair -- patching the wear and tear of the day.”

 

7. Sleepiness Makes You Forgetful

Trying to keep your memory sharp? Try getting plenty of sleep.

 

In 2009, American and French researchers determined that brain events called “sharp wave ripples” are responsible for consolidating memory. The ripples also transfer learned information from the hippocampus to the neocortex of the brain, where long-term memories are stored. Sharp wave ripples occur mostly during the deepest levels of sleep.

 

8. Losing Sleep Can Make You Gain Weight

When it comes to body weight, it may be that if you snooze, you lose. Lack of sleep seems to be related to an increase in hunger and appetite, and possibly to obesity. According to a 2004 study, people who sleep less than six hours a day were almost 30 percent more likely to become obese than those who slept seven to nine hours.

 

Recent research has focused on the link between sleep and the peptides that regulate appetite. “Ghrelin stimulates hunger and leptin signals satiety to the brain and suppresses appetite,” says Siebern. “Shortened sleep time is associated with decreases in leptin and elevations in ghrelin.”

 

Not only does sleep loss appear to stimulate appetite. It also stimulates cravings for high-fat, high-carbohydrate foods. Ongoing studies are considering whether adequate sleep should be a standard part of weight loss programs.

 

9. Lack of Sleep May Increase Risk of Death

In the “Whitehall II Study,” British researchers looked at how sleep patterns affected the mortality of more than 10,000 British civil servants over two decades. The results, published in 2007, showed that those who had cut their sleep from seven to five hours or fewer a night nearly doubled their risk of death from all causes. In particular, lack of sleep doubled the risk of death from cardiovascular disease.

 

 

10. Sleep Loss Impairs Judgment, Especially About Sleep

Lack of sleep can affect our interpretation of events. This hurts our ability to make sound judgments because we may not assess situations accurately and act on them wisely.

 

Sleep-deprived people seem to be especially prone to poor judgment when it comes to assessing what lack of sleep is doing to them. In our increasingly fast-paced world, functioning on less sleep has become a kind of badge of honor. But sleep specialists say if you think you’re doing fine on less sleep, you’re probably wrong. And if you work in a profession where it’s important to be able to judge your level of functioning, this can be a big problem.

 

“Studies show that over time, people who are getting six hours of sleep, instead of seven or eight, begin to feel that they’ve adapted to that sleep deprivation -- they’ve gotten used to it,” Gehrman says. “But if you look at how they actually do on tests of mental alertness and performance, they continue to go downhill. So there’s a point in sleep deprivation when we lose touch with how impaired we are.”

 

 

http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/excessive-sleepiness-10/10-results-sleep-loss

 

 

Baal : For the benefit of Motorist, PME(s) & Tiko Rangers....

 

I fall asleep when a certain dragon prince opens his mouth nowadays......

 

[Nlatio]

its okay to sleep late la....jus rmb to drink lots of water, take vitamin C, exercise regularly. earn money is important, but keeping urself fit also crucial leh. many ppl i know say tat they no time to exercise...but they got time to go pub "chill" or queue for hours for the latest iphone....

 

no matter how a person is busy, sure got time to spare 60 minutes each day to exercise one - 30 minutes to jog around , 10 minutes to quick shower, 5 minutes to make coffee, 15 minutes to rest and finish up the coffee. then work again...

Got lar.... try to exercise 2 times a week.... but hor, cannot 60mins... too long, no stamia..... after fore play... charge up the twin peak, dig foxhole and go to live firing... think only 20 mins max....

[Super7]

Got lar.... try to exercise 2 times a week.... but hor, cannot 60mins... too long, no stamia..... after fore play... charge up the twin peak, dig foxhole and go to live firing... think only 20 mins max....

 

i read somewhere that when you do such military exercise, please forget about time... put your watch away, cover your bedside alar clock, and just enjoy it, dont care if it takes i hour or 5 mins to hit the firework! How many times a week or per nite also not important, just follow the natural urge. The writer said one, not I.