NORMALLY, I don’t like receiving what I call “prophet of doom” or spam emails. You know, those that tell you that if you don’t send it out to 10 other people, bad things will happen, and if you do send it out, you’ll win Singapore Idol.
But someone sent this to me, about how the lack of sleep can kill seemingly healthy and fit people and it got me thinking: Like if Brittany Murphy and The Rev died of natural causes, then this might be the reason wouldn’t it?
The Rev would keep late nights, right? Probably sleeping less than the recommended “beauty sleep” (ie, seven to eight hours). Could the lack of sleep have done it for him? I mean, helovewas 28, Brittany was 32! Hardly able to die from the other natural cause known as old age.
Read and decide for yourselves… Btw, this was taken from The India Post – I’m not making this up.(http://www.theindiapost.com/2009/11/23/what-killed-ranjan-das-and-lessons-for-corporate-india/)
BY AKINCHAN PRIYA DAS. A month ago, many of us heard about the sad demise of Ranjan Das from Bandra, Mumbai, India. Ranjan, just 42 years of age, was the CEO of SAP-Indian Subcontinent, the youngest CEO of an MNC in India. He was very active in sports, was a fitness freak and a marathon runner. It was common to see him run on Bandra’s Carter Road. Just after Diwali, on 21st Oct, he returned home from his gym after a workout, collapsed with a massive heart attack and died.. He is survived by his wife and two very young kids.
Ranjan Das apparently kept a healthy lifestyle
It was certainly a wake-up call for corporate India. However, it was even more disastrous for runners amongst us. Since Ranjan was an avid marathoner (in Feb 09, he ran Chennai Marathon at the same time some of us were running Pondicherry Marathon 180 km away), the question came as to why an exceptionally active, athletic person succumb to heart attack at 42 years of age.
Was it the stress? While Ranjan had mentioned that he faced a lot of stress, that is a common element in most of our lives. We used to think that by being fit, one can conquer the bad effects of stress. So I doubted if the cause was stress.
The Real Reason.However, everyone missed out a small line in the reports that Ranjan used to make do with 4-5 hours of sleep. This is an earlier interview of Ranjan on NDTV in the program ‘Boss’ Day Out’: http://connect.in.com/ranjan-das/play-video-boss-day-out-ranjan-das-of-sap-india-229111-807ecfcf1ad966036c289b3ba6c376f2530d7484.htmllove Here he himself admits that he would love to get more sleep (and that he was not proud of his ability to manage without sleep, contrary to what others extolled).
The Evidence. Last week, I was working with a well-known cardiologist on the subject of ‘Heart Disease caused by Lack of Sleep’. While I cannot share the video nor the slides because of confidentiality reasons, I have distilled the key points below in the hope it will save some of our lives..
http://blogs.todayonline.com/poparazzi/2009/12/30/what-really-killed-the-rev/
But someone sent this to me, about how the lack of sleep can kill seemingly healthy and fit people and it got me thinking: Like if Brittany Murphy and The Rev died of natural causes, then this might be the reason wouldn’t it?
The Rev would keep late nights, right? Probably sleeping less than the recommended “beauty sleep” (ie, seven to eight hours). Could the lack of sleep have done it for him? I mean, helovewas 28, Brittany was 32! Hardly able to die from the other natural cause known as old age.
Read and decide for yourselves… Btw, this was taken from The India Post – I’m not making this up.(http://www.theindiapost.com/2009/11/23/what-killed-ranjan-das-and-lessons-for-corporate-india/)
BY AKINCHAN PRIYA DAS. A month ago, many of us heard about the sad demise of Ranjan Das from Bandra, Mumbai, India. Ranjan, just 42 years of age, was the CEO of SAP-Indian Subcontinent, the youngest CEO of an MNC in India. He was very active in sports, was a fitness freak and a marathon runner. It was common to see him run on Bandra’s Carter Road. Just after Diwali, on 21st Oct, he returned home from his gym after a workout, collapsed with a massive heart attack and died.. He is survived by his wife and two very young kids.
Ranjan Das apparently kept a healthy lifestyle
It was certainly a wake-up call for corporate India. However, it was even more disastrous for runners amongst us. Since Ranjan was an avid marathoner (in Feb 09, he ran Chennai Marathon at the same time some of us were running Pondicherry Marathon 180 km away), the question came as to why an exceptionally active, athletic person succumb to heart attack at 42 years of age.
Was it the stress? While Ranjan had mentioned that he faced a lot of stress, that is a common element in most of our lives. We used to think that by being fit, one can conquer the bad effects of stress. So I doubted if the cause was stress.
The Real Reason.However, everyone missed out a small line in the reports that Ranjan used to make do with 4-5 hours of sleep. This is an earlier interview of Ranjan on NDTV in the program ‘Boss’ Day Out’: http://connect.in.com/ranjan-das/play-video-boss-day-out-ranjan-das-of-sap-india-229111-807ecfcf1ad966036c289b3ba6c376f2530d7484.htmllove Here he himself admits that he would love to get more sleep (and that he was not proud of his ability to manage without sleep, contrary to what others extolled).
The Evidence. Last week, I was working with a well-known cardiologist on the subject of ‘Heart Disease caused by Lack of Sleep’. While I cannot share the video nor the slides because of confidentiality reasons, I have distilled the key points below in the hope it will save some of our lives..
http://blogs.todayonline.com/poparazzi/2009/12/30/what-really-killed-the-rev/
