A good night’s sleep has the lowest heart problems.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — A recent study conducted by a group of British scientists shows that the hours of sleep at night are important for everyone. 22.00 to 23.00 is said to be the best possible time, providing great health benefits.
Reported Inc, Monday (15/11), the study involved research on the health and habits of more than 500,000 people in the UK over 30 years. It first started in 2006.
Participants answered health questions, took basic measurements, such as height and weight, then provided blood and urine samples. About 20 percent of participants also wore a sleep tracking device on their wrist for seven days.
Until then a team of British scientists was able to retrieve some of the data at this point, relating to about 88,000 participants. They used it to track the correlation between sleep habits and the propensity to develop heart disease over the next five and a half years,
About 3.6 percent of participants overall developed cardiovascular disease, such as a stroke, heart attack, or other heart-related problem. Additionally, the researchers said they identified a significant correlation between the likelihood of sleeping time being in the 3.6 percent who developed heart problems.
However, specifically for the participants who slept consistently between 22:00 and 23:00 had problems heart trouble the lowest. This compared to those who went to bed in the middle of the night or early in the morning, had a 25 percent higher chance of developing heart problems.
Meanwhile, for participants who went to bed before 22.00 also had a high risk of cardiovascular disease, up to 24 percent. However, the research team cannot fully confirm and conclude that those who avoid the risk of heart problems are due to sleeping between 22.00 and 23.00, but only in research tends to be so.
The study’s lead author, David Plans of the University of Exeter said that going to bed too late or too early can disrupt the human body’s circadian rhythm. This may have a more direct effect on the predisposition to heart disease.
“While we can’t deduce a cause from the study, the results suggest that early or late bedtime may disrupt the body clock with adverse consequences for heart health,” Plans said in a statement.
Furthermore, Plans says that people who consistently go to bed at 10 p.m. are more likely to engage in other behaviors that have a more direct impact on health. For example, if you are able to sleep at that time, it means that you have completed the previous work, which in turn makes the time to rest and wake up in the morning more regular.
Beyond that, there is a simple fact that people sleep at 22.00. more likely to get a full seven or eight hours of rest at night. So if you can do it, try to start a bedtime routine at that time, which is expected to provide many health benefits later in life.
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