Can you ever sleep too much? Yes, warn researchers. The speech is not, of course, by sleeping in on the weekend or during a vacation. But who slumbers regularly long, you should rather change your doctor check you over. Because, from a certain Level, the night’s sleep can be critical. The scientists from the McMaster University have found in the canadian Hamilton, in the evaluation of the international sleep studies. (Also read: 3 mistakes that (almost) everyone when Sleeping)
So much sleep is healthy
The researchers dealt with the question of whether there is a relationship between the daily duration of sleep and serious diseases. Therefore, the data from 116.632 people were analyzed from 21 countries, as it is called in the study, which was published in 2019 in the “European Heart Journal”. A first evaluation showed that patients with less than six and more than eight hours of sleep had an increased risk for cardiovascular disease and a premature death.
But also factors such as lifestyle and health status were taken into account. Thereafter, no significant consequences were recorded for the group of short sleepers. Quite different it looked for the people with a long night’s sleep. “Participants with nine to ten hours of sleep died to 27 percent more often, and suffered ten percent more likely to have cardiovascular events than those with six to eight hours,” quoted the “ärzte Zeitung” from the study. In the case of persons with more than ten hours of sleep increased the risk, therefore, even 61 per cent. (Read also: lose weight in your sleep – an expert explains how it works)
In the case of too much sleep to the doctor
However, the sleep is not necessarily the cause for the poor health of the extreme a lot of sleepers, but rather a Symptom. The goods Concerned according to the “ärzte Zeitung” on average, somewhat older, physically carrier, depressive and drank significantly more alcohol than the other participants. In addition, they were more likely to have high blood pressure and lung diseases. In contrast, the extremes were a little sleeper more often diabetics and overweight.
Nevertheless, the investigation according to the head of Chuangshi Wang, a General recommendation can be derived. “Our study shows that the optimal sleep duration for adults is six to eight hours per day,” she said, according to the newspaper “The Independent”. “Who sleeps regularly too much – for example, nine hours a day, should maybe consult a doctor, in order to let the General state of health check,” advised Co-author Salim Yusuf.
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