Is Sleep Deprivation Holding You Back In Life?

There's a lot to be lost or gained depending on your sleep health. Not only is one-third of our lives occupied by sleep, but the other two-thirds are largely dependent on it.

But we don't always think of sleep as such a cornerstone to our healthy existence. Why is that? Let's put some perspective on the place sleep has in society by looking at the cornerstones most of us do recognize at once.

The Triumvirate of Health

Nearly everyone knows that good nutrition and regular exercise are key ingredients to a healthy, happy life. We get the importance of each hammered into us from a very young age, typically from both school and home.

However, nutrition and exercise are not the only foundational elements of well-being. Without healthy sleep, an aspect much less thought about on anything beyond a basic level, overall health is utterly compromised as good nutrition and exercise are much harder to achieve in a meaningful way. And thus sleep, as a third element, completes the triumvirate of health.

The triumvirate of health is the ultimate lifetime philosophy of well-being. A person who behaves according to its three principles--good nutrition, physical fitness, and healthy sleep--is well on their way to optimized health, energy, and longevity. Unfortunately though, knowledge about sleep is not very widespread in society, and few people really know how to react when their sleep health runs into problems.

But this is not due to the fact that the information to deal with sleep problems is unknown. A great deal of knowledge about sleep mechanisms, sleep deprivation, and sleep disorders has been accumulated in the last handful of decades, but the general public remains largely in the dark about it.

There's a substantial education gap between sleep scientists and society. But it does not have to be that way for you personally. You can take charge of your knowledge and be strategic about your sleep health, just like you can be strategic about your nutrition and exercise.

To emphasize the size of the education gap, we can examine a 2008 Stanford survey attempting to gauge people's prior exposure to knowledge about the three aspects of the triumvirate of health, which showed the following results:

Percentage of those surveyed who had been exposed to knowledge about the importance of:

• Being Physically Fit: 99.9%
• Having Good Nutrition: 91.3%
• Obtaining Adequate Sleep: 1.8%

Apparently, saying the gap in knowledge is substantial is a huge understatement.

The formal educational structures may not be fully in place yet, but that is even more testament to the importance of a quality resource to learn about practical sleep knowledge, and that is exactly what we hope to offer you here.

So dig in to our material, wave goodbye to your sleep deprivation, and say hello to a healthier and livelier you.

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