about.this.blog

This blog is a combination of interesting news and my LA posts. Thanks for reading.



Friday, May 7, 2010

Lack of Sleep Linked to Death!?!

Hi everyone!

Studies have shown that people who sleep less than 6 hours a day have a higher chance of dying prematurely. It is thought that the relation between little sleep and illness is due to a series of hormonal and metabolical mechanisms. However, too much sleep is bad for you as well.

In my opinion, I think that society is pushing our bedtime way too late into the night. We should have 6 to 8 hours of sleep every day to make sure that our health is in tip-top condition. We wouldn't want diabetes, obesity, hypertension or high cholesterol now, would we?

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100505/tts-health-science-sleep-britain-italy-cac1e9b.html

No comments:

Post a Comment