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Olivia Sandusky:
THE WELCOME BACK TO EAST TEXAS
LIVE, WE ARE JOINED BY DOCTOR
HAVE BEENTOLD THAT IT'S
IMPORTANT BUT A LOT OF RESEARCH
IS BEING DONE RIGHT NOW THAT IS
KIND OF DIVING DEEPER INTO IT.
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
TOPIC A LITTLE BIT?
Guest: ABSOLUTELY I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT
RAIN ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD
TOWARD SUMMER AND KIDS ARE
GETTING OUT OF ROUTINE AND
SCHEDULES ARE CHANGING.
BUT YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR WE WORK HARDER, PLAY
HARDER WHICH TENDS TO GIVE US
NIGHTERS AND STUDYING ALL NIGHT
OR PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND
YOUNGER KIDS ARE CONSTANTLY
TRYING TO PEG PARENTS FOR 10
EXTRA MINUTES OR EVEN ADULTS.
IF YOU SNOOZE YOU LOSE
ATTITUDE.
BUT WE KNOW THAT SLEEP IS SO
IMPORTANT IN FACT, EVERY ANIMAL
NO MATTER HOW PRIMITIVE
REQUIRES SLEEP.
WITHOUT EXCEPTION.
AS STUDIES SHOW WE HAVE SLEEP
DEPRIVATION BEFORE THE
OBSERVATION.
THAT IS HOW IMPORTANT SLEEP IS.
YOU MENTIONED THE DIFFERENT
AGE RANGES FOR KIDS, IS IT
MESSING WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT
AT ALL?
WE KNOW SLEEP IS SO
IMPORTANT, WE NEED ADULTS
ACTUALLY IDEALLY REQUIRED SEVEN
ÃNINE HOURS.
THE LATER STAGE IS STAGE II
THAT IS KIND OF WHERE YOU
PROCESS ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT
YOU DO THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND
EDIT AND PROCESS DOES.
THE DEEPER STAGES ARE THREE AND
FOUR WHICH IS REALLY WHERE YOUR
HEART RATE DECREASES AND YOUR
CORE BODY TEMPERATURE DROPS.
BUT THERE REALLY IS GROWTH
HORMONES PRODUCED AND THAT
HELPS WITH TISSUE REPAIR AND
HELPS THEIR BONES GROW.
AND THEN REM SLEEP RAPID EYE
MOVEMENT IS WHERE WE DREAM AND
EVERYBODY DREAMS REGARDLESS OF
WHETHER YOU REMEMBERED OR NOT
BUT THAT TRULY IS ESSENTIAL FOR
MOOD REGULATION AND
CONSOLIDATING MEMORY AND IMMUNE
FUNCTION REPAIR.
IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
WHEN YOU THINK YOU'RE
PUTTING YOUR HEAD ON THE PILLOW
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING
ON INSIDE OF YOUR BODY.
ABSOLUTELY AND WE TEND TO
CONTINUE TO DENY OURSELVES
SLEEP BUT WE KNOW THAT YOUR
MENTAL FUNCTION AND YOUR
PHYSICAL FUNCTION IS SHARPENED
AND HEIGHTENED WITHOUT GOOD
SLEEP.
WE HAVE ATHLETES LIKE TOM
BRADY, ROGER FETTER, LEBRON
JAMES.
DO TO PROMOTE THEMSELVES TO BE
BEST AT THEIR GAME.
Olivia: WE DON'T HAVE A TON
OF TIME LEFT BUT I KNOW
BLUELIGHT HAS BEEN A BIG TOPIC
LATELY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO
TOUCH ON THAT.
BLUELIGHT IT REPRESSES THE
PRODUCTION OF MELATONIN WHICH
IS A HORMONE THAT TRIGGERS
SLEEP.
WHEN YOU WATCH TV BEFORE YOU GO
TO BED OR OWNING YOUR COMPUTER
OR CHECKING EMAILS ARE FOR KIDS
WHO ARE ON THEIR IPADS, THERE
IS A DECREASED AMOUNT OF
MELATONIN PRODUCTION THAT WILL
DELAY YOUR SLEEP CYCLE FOR UP
TO 90 MINUTES.
TO REALLY FOCUS WITH PARENTS
THAT IT'S REALLY REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR ALL ELECTRONICS
TO BE PUT AWAY AT LEAST ONE
HOUR PRIOR TO BED.