Adding Two Hours To Normal Sleep Time Before An All-nighter Prevents Effects Of Sleep Deprivation

A recent study done by the University of Calgary revealed that stockpiling sleep a day before pulling an all nighter can help your body cope from the possible bad effects of lack of sleep. The study claims that an extra two hour of sleep a day before going into a busy overnight work will help a person survive the rigours of an overnight work without much detrimental effect to the health.

According to the Daily Mail, squeezing an extra two hours of snooze time a day before pulling out an all-nighter will help a person counteract the negative after-effects of being sleep deprived. This comes from a recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Calgary and published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.

The research work was conducted by pooling 12 young men who are relatively healthy and who normally slept well as test subjects. The test subjects were then kept awake for 38 hours. During the 38 hours of sleep deprivation, the test subjects were tested for physical strength, brain function and memory. Two test of the same nature was conducted, the only difference is the hours of sleep that the test subjects took before undergoing the experiment.

On the first test, the 12 young men were allowed to sleep within their normal hour of rest. In the second test, the test subjects are given an extra two hour bed time.

According to reports, the test subjects were able to show better physical and mental performance when they are allowed to have the extra two hours of rest in advance of the overnight experiment. This led the researchers of the University of Calgary to the hypothesis that it is possible for persons to "bank" their sleeps in advance of an all nighter negating the earlier researches that concluded that the only way to get back from a lack of sleep is to rest the day after.