An extra hour of sleep is good for the body
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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In the conditions of modern life, almost everyone has a lack of sleep. The reasons are very different, but the most important is that sleep is imposed on a person as an inadmissible luxury, in which one can easily deny himself. In extreme cases, there is strong coffee, which will drive drowsiness and will increase work capacity. However, in recent times, cases of diabetes have become more frequent, and there are also more and more people prone to fullness, perhaps it was caused by an inferior sleep?
In the center of the study of sleep, an experiment was carried out: volunteers, who usually sleep 6 to 9 hours a day, were divided into two groups. In one group, participants needed to sleep six and a half hours, and in the other for an hour more. A week later, all participants in the experiment passed a blood test and exchanged places with participants in the opposite group, i.e. Those who slept for six and a half hours, now had to sleep an hour more and vice versa, those who slept for seven and a half hours reduced their rest for an hour. A week later, a computer test was performed, which showed that the group where the sleep time had decreased, the mindset decreased, and the specialists also found interesting changes in the participants' blood analysis. As it turned out, changes in the sleep regime affect about five hundred genes, some of which are activated, some, on the contrary, are suppressed. As a result of the experiment, it became clear that if one deprives a person of one hour of sleep, genes start to become more active, which are associated with inflammation, immunity, and reaction to stress. The genes associated with diabetes mellitus and oncological diseases also increased activity. In the group where they slept an hour more, these genes on the contrary significantly reduced their activity. Therefore, scientists suggest that a lack of sleep can be one of the causes of diabetes.
As a result of the research, it was found that an extra hour of sleep is extremely important for the state of human health. Therefore, if there is such an opportunity, you need to add yourself a minimum hour of night rest.
Sleep is a natural physiological process, during which the body rest, restoration of protective forces, during sleep, our brain actively processes and stores information. Therefore, lack of sleep leads to a deterioration in memory. And the information received during the day must be processed and stored by our brain in 24 hours, otherwise it is irretrievably lost. All this happens during deep sleep, and during periods of fast sleep, the body tries to cope with strong emotions and emotions, so if you wake up a person during this period, then you will have a feeling of anxiety. Therefore, a person who does not sleep enough is more prone to irritation, it is more difficult for him to solve problems that require mental activity, he feels a breakdown. A full night rest, according to experts, will help not only to increase efficiency, but also to increase the body's immune forces for protection with a variety of diseases.
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