Friday, February 1, 2013

If you get less than 8 hours of sleep at night you're at a higher risk for heart disease

If you get less than 8 hours of sleep at night you're at a higher risk for heart disease?
I just heard it on the news!!! but who listens to the news anyway :D
Heart Diseases - 5 Answers
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Hmm... that's a tricky one. From what I have read everyone has different sleep needs, so some people might need 10 hours on average and others 7. I think that you will find that 8 hours is a general guideline. The thing to remember is that if you do not look after your health eg. get enough sleep, then you put extra strain on your body and therefore increase your risk of getting any sort of negative health condition. It's probably more important to look at your lifestyle overall eg. the food you eat, your exercise and your sleep rather than one thing in isolation.
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When you do not get enough sleep this is usually caused by stress. Decrease your stress and maybe you can sleep better. Sleep is very important for your whole body to rejuvenate including your heart.
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if that was true i'd have had a heart attack by now i get about 6
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oh this i woudn't knowing thank u
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Well, considering your heart slows down while you sleep, thus resting your heart... it wouldn't surprise me! Consider this: if you sleep 8 hours a night every night for 77.8 years (average life expectancy in the US), then you'd get almost 23,000 hours of sleep in your lifetime. Using an average rate of 80 beats per minute (60-100) and 77.8 years again, your heart beats approximately 3,271,334,400... not counting exercising or anything of the sort interfering.... However, if when you're sleeping, your heart rate decreases to closer to 60 beats per minute... so that means during those 23,000 hours of sleep, your heart beats 82,800,000 times throughout your life while you're sleeping... Ok, so I know I haven't really concluded anything here, but the numbers are impressive! Also, consider this: very generally speaking, people who get less sleep have worse lifestyle habits as those who get a decent amount of sleep at night, also contributing to heart disease... coffee & soda to help stay up or stress

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