We've all had sleepless nights, when our brains suddenly wanted to change the world more than to rest. We were thinking about work, the bills piling up, or our super important meeting with our boss the next day. Now we discover that waking up after a bad night would cause more damage to our health than we thought. According to the European Cardiology Study, lack of sleep would indeed cause more risk of suffering from atherosclerosis:the arteries harden, a clot forms there and triggers a heart attack. The risks of heart attacks and strokes are also increased by sleepless nights. If we know the benefits of sleep on our skin and our morals, to preserve our health, the doctors, who carried out these studies, therefore recommend 6 to 8 hours of sleep.
Be careful if we know that lack of sleep has an impact on health, researchers do not yet know if a full night would reduce cardiovascular risks. Indeed Dr. Dominguez (one of the authors of the sleep study) assures in his thesis that “Studies are needed to know if sleeping well and long enough can prevent or reverse this effect on the arteries. .
One more reason to go back to bed?
