The Effects of Sleep Deprivation (Deep Listening Comprehension)

Not sleeping can make you schizophrenic and can even kill you!

There are two factors that can make us sleepy: signals from the body that we are sleepy and the darkness of the night.

According to estimates, about two thirds of US grown-ups and a third of teenagers don't get enough sleep.

Sleep deprivation is thought to result in diabetes and chronic fatness in some cases.

Sleeping fewer than 6 hours a night a few times makes you four and a half times more likely to get a stroke than those who sleep 7-8 hours.

Fatal Familial Insomnia is a rare genetic disease that stops you from falling asleep. 

Scientists think that sleep deprivation causes waste products to pile up in the brain.

The caffeine in coffee prevents adenosine from making us sleepy.

The glymphatic system cleans out waste products from the brain both during our sleep and waking hours.

He was struggling ______ concentrate.

The body tells the brain that we are tired, and in turn, the brain produces the sensation of being sleepy ________ make us fall asleep.

A third of grownups and two thirds of teenagers are sleep _______, which means they don't get enough sleep.

It's even been linked to diabetes and obesity.

Linked to means...

The brain needs to get rid of some chemicals. If it can't (due to lack of sleep) these chemicals will pile up in your brain and you'll suffer.

Pile up means...