{"id":334565,"date":"2026-04-14T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-happens-to-your-body-when-you-dont-get-enough-sleep\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:00:27","slug":"what-happens-to-your-body-when-you-dont-get-enough-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-happens-to-your-body-when-you-dont-get-enough-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens to your body when you don&#8217;t get enough sleep?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/k8BZH9LGn6w\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What happens to your body when you don't get enough sleep?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k8BZH9LGn6w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A legal performance-enhancer to an actual superpower, or a risk of bringing on early eternal slumber? We have repeatedly been told that sleep has the power to make or break us.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>But how bad is a lack of sleep, really?<\/p>\n<p>To start with, the bad news. Yes, science tells us that being chronically sleep deprived is pretty terrible for us.<\/p>\n<p>And what happens to our body if we don\u2019t get eight hours of sleep a night?<\/p>\n<p>If we seem to be coping fine on six hours, is there a chance we are still setting ourselves up for problems further down the line?<\/p>\n<p>Madeleine Finlay, Guardian journalist and host of Science Weekly, explains what happens to our body when we\u2019re not getting enough shut-eye \u2013 and the risks involved.<\/p>\n<p>Do we really need eight hours sleep a night \u2013 and what happens if we don\u2019t get it? \u25ba https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2026\/mar\/24\/do-we-really-need-eight-hours-sleep-night?utm_source=instagram&amp;utm_campaign=ig_gu<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today \u25ba https:\/\/support.theguardian.com\/<\/p>\n<p>Sign up to the Guardian&#8217;s free new daily newsletter, First Edition \u25ba http:\/\/theguardian.com\/first-edition<\/p>\n<p>#sleep #lackofsleep #health<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A legal performance-enhancer to an actual superpower, or a risk of bringing on early eternal slumber? We have repeatedly been told that sleep has the power to make or break us. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1 But how bad is a lack of sleep, really? To start with, the bad news. 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