You can change this: the doctors told us how we shorten our lives
'01.10.2017'
Source: The Guardian
It's not about smoking or obesity. One of the neurosurgeons of the University of California, physician Matthew Walker examines the effect of sleep duration on human health and quality of life, writes The Guardian.
The bad news is that lack of sleep can increase the risk of cancer, obesity, mental illness, stroke, heart attack and even Alzheimer's disease. Good - you can change it today. It is enough to revise your sleep pattern to drastically reduce your risks of getting sick and dying ahead of time.
“The issue of attitude to sleep should be a priority even at the state level,” says Walker. Nowadays, keeping your finger on the pulse of events at work, in the family, in the world it is necessary 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, light stimuli affect a person even at night, and coffee and alcohol additionally stimulate. Half of the world's population tries to spend as little time as possible on sleep.
The expert estimates that a person older than 45 years who sleep 6 and less than hours per day, by 200% increases the risk of dying from a stroke or heart attack compared to those who sleep 8 hours. If you are younger, do not relax: lack of sleep affects blood sugar levels, causes obesity and mental problems, as well as cancer (especially the mammary glands in women).
Right now, review your schedule and finally begin to get enough sleep. Be healthy!
