7+3 Reasons Why Pulling All-Nighters is Not an Ideal Lifestyle

A growing number of millennials, especially college students, have been busy pulling all-nighters for long. Staying awake entire night and binging Netflix or chatting with BFFs can be pleasurable, but not good for your health at all. Moreover, sleep and good grades don’t seem to strike a chord.

Many reports claim that people pulling all-nighters tend to be more creative, but they also state that such people feel more fatigued throughout the day. Whether you stay awake to complete your assignments or just to watch a movie, it can lead to very stressful routine and hectic times.

Scientifically too, all-nighters are deemed as not an ideal lifestyle. Your parents had been telling that to you for long, right? We have jotted down some negative effects of pulling all-nighters for you. In the end, you will also find some solutions to deal with them.

1. Weight Gain

Lack of sleep can affect your hormones like leptin and ghrelin. This, in turn, intensifies your craving for junk food and sweets, leading to obesity.

2. Sleep Cycle

The biggest disadvantage, waking up all night disturbs your sleep cycle significantly and can lead to insomnia.

3. Hypertension

Pulling all-nighters decreases the body’s glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity. This can result in hypertension and diabetes.

4. Retention Power

According to researchers at the University of Turku in Finland, sleep deprivation harms your concentration and “working memory”.

Studies have also found that staying up all night can reduce your ability to remember anything new by about 40%. Also as your memory become drained, you tend to lose grades.

5. Mood Swings

Dopamine is a hormone responsible for ‘the cheer up’ attitude. It is produced the most during your sleep. Lack of sleep decreases the formation of this hormone in your body.

Sleep deprivation can irk your mood which can cost you some valuable opportunities coming your way.

6. Immune System Degrades

Sleeping does ginger up immune systems to ward off illness and helps to fight infection. When we sleep, the body releases proteins called cytokines, which are an important part of our immune system. Sleep deprivation impairs cytokines that make us prone to several diseases.

7. Harms to Body

Lack of healthy sleep results in:

• Blotchy and Dull Skin

• Sensitive Skin

• Low Blood Circulation

• Decreased Overall Pain Tolerance

• Stress and Depression

However, we cannot all-nighters every time. When the work calls, we cannot neglect it. So, what to do to cheer up your mood when you have been awake the entire night. Here you go.

1. Drink Coffee

Coffee energizes your mind and body and prepares you for the hectic day ahead.

2. Take Breaks

Taking short breaks at times ensures that you stay refreshed and don’t feel mentally bushed.

3. Take a Nap

Try getting a small nap whenever you can. A nap of 20-25 minutes can boost your concentration power and you feel less tired.

We know that your 20s is about nightlife, social connections, assignments or trips, and mistakes that you can fix in your 30s, but a peaceful sleep is part of that too. In order to do all of this efficiently, you must ensure that you get proper sleep every day.