Sleep 7 Hours: Deceased young businessmen teach a great lesson to the whole world
Sleep, probably the best investment for your life. Postpone your morning
alarm by another half hour or an hour if possible. You will understand
why I say so when you read this article.
Story of Young Ranjan Das
Ranjan Das was a very successful business in India. He was the CEO of
SAP Indian subcontinent. He started his career at very young age and
climbed the corporate ladder very quickly. Therefore he is considered
one of the best young businesses tycoon who won not only the Indian
corporate world but also an achiever in the global scale.
But he said his final good bye a few months ago at the age of 42.
Ranjan Das was never a lazy or lethargic person. For the moment let’s
leave his business achievements and look at his lifestyle. He was a very
healthy person who cared for his body always. He was also interested in
exercise and workouts and a regular visitor of gym. He did his own
workout schedule at the gym with a trainer’s advice. The other important
fact is that he was a marathon runner and he was a fan of marathon
runs. He trained marathon running frequently on the streets of Mumbai.
He represented famous Chennai marathon every year.
On 21st October
after Devali last year he went to the gym as usual and did his routine
workouts. After a while upon returning home he shouted in pain holding
his chest. Next moment he fell down and never got up after. He was dead
in a moment.
Life is so uncertain. It’s like a dew drop on a grass in the morning
that just fades away soon the sunlight falls. Why did this business
tycoon, world famous professional and an awesome young soul left the
world is a snap?
Let’s find out what went wrong!
Everybody was shocked to hear his death and was curious what the reason
for his sudden death was. People questioned as to how could such a
sports loving character and a healthy young man like Ranjan Das suddenly
died. Was his marathon that got killed him? Or was it over exercising
or workouts that did cause his death? People came up with many theories
and assumptions but nobody knew what the actual reason was for his
death.
When his life was analyzed it was evident that he absorbed a great
stress at work. Stress is not only common for Ranjan Das alike but for
all of us. We all carry stress every day in our life. We do our routine
work under a lot of stress more often than not.
Although you feed your body and manage your food habits, you seldom
think of how to manage or avoid unnecessary stress. If you do not keep
your head clear without weighing it with too much of stress, caring for
your body in terms of food and nutrients will be useless.
Importantly and surprisingly the doctors have found Ranjan Das has only
slept between 4 – 5 hours a day regularly. He has claimed it several
years ago on a TV show with NDTV as well.
A famous cardiologist in India who investigated his cause of death
analyzed a few key living habits of Ranjan Das came to the final
conclusion that his sudden death was because he did not have enough
sleep continuously for a long time. He determined the cause of death is
simply because his lack of sleep.
Some Key points about sleep according to experts
- Sleeping less than 5 -6 hours can cause irregular blood pressure. High or lower blood pressure.
- Mainly the age group 25-49 may face severe high blood pressure situation if they sleep less than 7 hours a day
- Risk of heart attack could be 3 times more for those who sleep less than 5 hours
- High sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hs-cRP) levels could go high if you sleep less. Even if you sleep enough after hs-cRP level goes high, you cannot lower it to normal levels easily. hs-cRP is a pre indicative tool of a heart attack.
- Even the lack of sleep for one night could imbalance our bodily chemicals such as tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha (TNF-alpha) and C-reactive protein (cRP). These could work as toxins within our body helping cancer cells to grow and increasing the risk of heart attacks.
- Sleeping less than 6 hours can increase the risk of heart attacks by 18%
- Sleep can categorized in to two types. That is REM ( Rapid Eye Movement ) & non-REM. REM helps the brain and mind while non-REM repairs your body. You experience the both when you have a good long sleep in the night.
- What comes first is non-REM sleep. During this time pituitary hormones are ejected to prepare and repair the body. Once that process is over comes the REM sleep which helps our mental stability.
Latter part of sleep (REM) helps us stay focused and to have a clear
mind during the day time. It keeps us refreshed and less stressful.
Because you have had enough rest to your brain and mind. If you only
had a 5 hours’ sleep, it’s very clear you can drain faster like a less
charged battery. Lack of sleep make you tired faster and you feel less
energetic. Last few hours of sleep (REM) entirely decide how your next
day would be. If you have a good long REM you’d be pumping and kicking
while if you didn’t have enough sleep you’d be drained very fast and
unstable.
One more very critical point is to sleep an extra hour or two for long
distance runners. They require more sleep for the physical recovery
process (Non REM) in the sleep as they waste a lot of energy by running
long distances.
Here’s what happened to Ranjan Das.
He was very careful about his food. Exercising was a regular part of life. His body was also fine.
BUT, he forgot one very critical thing. That was a sufficient sleep.
Heonly slept 4-5 hours each day. That increased his stress few times
more and increased the risk of a heart attack.
What happened to Ranjan Das could happen to any of us at any time. We
too are working like Ranjan Das did and have many duties we are
responsible for. Responsible for our work at offices, business, and for
our family. If we are do all these, we must first live a healthy life
and stay without dying prematurely. Ranjan Das reminds us this once
again with his unfortunate sudden death.
Sleep at least 7 hours a day. Find a way for a good long sleep. It will
always be a great investment for your life which keeps you and your
family happy and healthy.
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