A study of 164 healthy people found that those who slept < 5 hours per night were more likely to get a cold compared to those who slept 7+ hours, regardless of demographics and weight

Not sleeping can make the symptoms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and acid reflux worse and may put you more at risk of developing IBD and inflammatory bowel syndrome.

Sleep deprivation interferes with our ability to remember and process new information. Researchers recommend pushing back early work and school start times to help ensure we get enough sleep.

Researchers found that interruptions and disturbances tend to bother us more when we haven’t slept.

Research links poor sleep quality to migraines and sleep apnea to headaches.

Getting enough sleep is important for promoting healthy sexual desire and genital response. It also appears to play a role in how often we engage in sexual activity with our partners.

Sleep deprivation is linked with tunnel vision, double vision, and dimness. The longer you’re awake, the more visual errors you’ll see and the more likely you are to hallucinate.

When we don’t get enough shut-eye, researchers found, we also tend to snack more and pick calorie-rich foods over lighter ones - especially for kids.