Who sleeps regularly and well and sufficiently, reduces not only the risk for heart disease, but could also lose weight easier. Showing several studies that were presented at this year’s annual meeting of the American Heart Association (AHA) in Phoenix.
Not only in America, Doctors are oriented to the "Life’s Simple 7", the risk for heart attacks, strokes and other heart-circulation-estimate the illness of the patients: Smoking, body weight, diet, exercise, cholesterol, blood pressure and glucose level are factors that affect heart health. Dr. Nour Makarem from Columbia University in New York City suggests that sleeping habits as an important lifestyle factor to add.
He had found with his Team that people with a healthy sleep duration of seven to eight hours, the met in addition to the requirements of the other seven factors, were within 4.5 years, with 61 per cent less likely to have heart disease than those who have had a particularly bad sleeping habits. Especially a poor quality of sleep, less than seven or more than nine hours each night, irregular sleep duration, varying sleeping times and sleep disorders such as sleep apnea or insomnia were associated with an increased risk for heart disease.
Stable sleep times are also help in losing weight
According to another study, regular sleep times had a positive effect on the body weight: women who were to go out every day at the same time to bed, had, after six weeks, about a pound of body fat lost – in contrast to women with irregular sleep times, although the women slept in two groups, a total of the same for a long time.
"This improvement in body composition occurred without recommendations for Change in diet or exercise. They slept only a more uniform Zeitplan", Prof. Marie-Pierre St-Onge said. The researcher explained the connection as follows: When the sleep times are more stable, is also the rhythm of the day is more stable, which is proved to lowering the risk of excess pounds.
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