New Research Suggests The Optimal Bedtime For A Healthy Heart By Mayukh Saha for Natural Blaze
Our bedtimes may have an effect on our hearts. To that effect, researchers have found out the most optimal bedtime that may be the most beneficial for our hearts. And it is between 10 and 11 PM.
The study was done using data from over 88,000 adults. Their sleeping habits and lifestyle were recorded for about 6 years. The final statistics revealed that those who slept between 11 and 12 PM had a 12% higher risk of suffering from cardiovascular disease. The percentage rose to 25 for those who went to bed after midnight.
On the other hand, sleeping too early did not indicate any benefits either. In fact, for those who went to sleep before 10 PM, the risk of developing heart disease went up by 24%. The report was published on 8th November in the European Heart Journal â Digital Health.
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David Plans, the studyâs co-author and a neuroscientist explained that there everybody has an internal clock spanning 24 hours, known as the circadian rhythm. This helps in regulating mental and physical functioning. He continued that their study cannot give any conclusive statements regarding whether the different sleeping times actually caused the heart problems. However, it suggested that late or early bedtimes may have a higher possibility of disrupting this inner clock. This, in turn, can have an adverse effect on cardiovascular health.
Plans is the Research Head at Huma â a health technology company based in London that agrees with clinical trials that are not centralized. Additionally, he is one of the senior lecturers at the UKâs Exeter Universityâs organizational neuroscience department. Humaâs studies are often cleared by Exeter Universityâs ethics committee.
To conduct this study regarding the optimal bedtime, Plans as well as his colleagues contacted UK Biobank â a database of biomedical information. UK Biobank has information about over 500,000 volunteers aged between 37 and 73. The volunteers were recruited between 2006 and 2010. They gave the researchers from Human information regarding the volunteersâ health, demographics, and lifestyles.
