Posted on 12/21/2023 12:16:17 AM PST by Olog-hai
Didn’t get enough sleep during the week? Take heart — catching up on shuteye over the weekend could provide the bonus of improved cardiovascular health, according to a new study published in the journal Sleep Health.
Researchers from Nanjing Medical University in China analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which compiled information from 3,400 U.S. adults ages 20 years and older between 2017 and 2018.
The survey gathered information on how long the participants slept on weekdays and weekends, as well as whether they had heart disease, high blood pressure and/or diabetes.
The people who slept for at least one hour longer on weekends than weekdays were shown to have lower rates of cardiovascular disease — in particular, stroke, coronary heart disease and angina (chest pain due to reduced blood flow) compared to those who didn’t get catch-up sleep.
The reduced risk was most significant among those who got less than six hours of sleep on weekdays and slept for at least two extra hours on weekends. …
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中国人“睡得好圆眼”
Zhōngguó rén “shuì dé hǎo yuán yǎn
Sleep well, Round eye!
Sleep doctor is always say you should wake up at the same time every day, or it’s bad.
Considering that they encourage their own people to work from 9 am to 9 pm 6 days a week
US Government research grant money.
Don’t care! As long as it serves my purpose...
Sent link to Wifey for her perusal!
Because lazy Americans somehow the most productive people on the planet.
It’s a quandary to Asians.
Seriously.
What they don’t get is self motivation is the most powerful motivation , but it comes in waves.
They want you to sleep through more of your free time so you don’t get ideas....
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