Part 1: MLA Citation
Brody, Jane E. “Insomnia Can Kill You.” Nytimes.Com, 10 June 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/06/10/well/mind/insomnia-can-kill-you.html.
Part 2: Summary
In the article “Insomnia Can Kill You” talks about different effects of low sleep which is caused by insomnia. Insomnia is basically what is the major cause of low sleep and how it affects millions of people’s sleep schedules all around the world. The author, Jane E. Brody, informs us about different effects of people that are suffering from low sleep due to insomnia. For an average human, the recommended number of hours of sleep you should be having is 8-10 hours a night. These things can cause your sleep schedule to get messed up since you could be trying to work with your time during the early mornings or late lights which declines your sleep. There are many different reasons that could cause low sleep and they also tend to come with problems for you in the future. For example, things like body control, clear thinking, attention span, memory problems, and low energy are all effects of low sleep. Even long-term effects of low sleep can lead to higher risks of type 2 diabetes, heart attack, depression, anxiety, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and premature death. You are also 3 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. As well as 5 times greater chances in developing hypertension. There can be many reasons for why we cannot fathom a proper sleep schedule at night. This could be caused by different chronic health problems that could cause the disruption of sleep or emotional stress. There are also things like waking up needing to urinate or caregiving responsibilities like having kids that keep you up at night. Depending on the person, sometimes when you wake up, you may have difficulty going back to sleep again. There are different things that you can do that won’t exactly prevent this from happening again, but it will help with problems like insomnia that are the drastic reason for low sleep. You should practice good hygiene, try to avoid or minimize the use of caffeine, cigarettes, stimulants, and especially alcohol. You should also try to exercise regularly, mainly outdoors, if possible, but not when it’s too close to your bedtime. And avoid eating a heavy meal right before going to bed. Instead, just have a snack. And a huge one that most people would probably hate is to avoid screen time exposure right when you’re about to sleep. This is because of the blue light that gets released from your phone or other electronics’ screen light.
Part 3: Reflection
In the article “Insomnia Can Kill You” the author explains to me a lot of information about the effects of low sleep and how insomnia is a huge part of that. This article had a lot of explanations on the long-term effects of lacking sleep that I didn’t even know myself. I learned quite a lot from this article, and it taught me how sleep isn’t just something that replenishes your mind, it quite frankly prevents or drastically decreases the chances of so many different health problems that we face today. Mainly what I learned is that sleep is something that we should take advantage of and not think of it as something that is unnecessary in our daily life because now, we know it does more than just put you to sleep at night and wake you up in the morning.
Part 4: Rhetorical Analysis
This article was written by Jane E. Brody and was posted on the New York Times on June 10th, 2019. Jane E. Brody is the Personal Health columnist for The New York Times and has held this position since 1976. She has also appeared on The Times’s Science Times as well as been on many other newspapers across the country. She earned herself the title of “High Priestess of Health” on the Time magazine. Jane has also written for different magazines, articles, and lectures relating to health issues as well as appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows and earned many prestigious awards for journalistic excellence. In 1987, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Hamline University in St. Paul as well as other universities like the State University of New York, Health Sciences University, the University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, and Long Island University. Jane has also written several books. The main bestseller ones being, “Jane Brody’s Good Food Gourmet,” “Jane Brody’s Good Seafood Book,” “Jane Brody’s Cold and Flu Fighter,” “Jane Brody’s Allergy Fighter,” “The New York Times Book of Health” and “The New York Times Book of Women’s Health.” Jane E. Brody was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and received her bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the New York State College of Agriculture.
Part 5: Notable Quotables
“It’s also linked to an increased risk of developing hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, heart attack, depression, anxiety, and premature death.”
“The many reasons for the high rate of poor or interrupted sleep among the elderly include chronic medical problems that cause sleep disrupting pain or emotional distress, a need to urinate several times a night, and caregiving responsibilities that do not respect the clock. Once awakened well before morning, many people have difficulty falling back to sleep.”
“Start by practicing good sleep hygiene. Avoid or minimize the use of caffeine, cigarettes, stimulant and especially alcohol.”
