October 9, 2014
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Even a few minutes can be crucial in how people full night's sleep. Scientists from Finland conducted a large study, the conclusion of which was information about how much time is necessary for a full sleep both sexes.
Finnish experts observed the 3760 volunteers for 7 years. As a result, the researchers concluded that if men slept 7, 8 hours per day, and women - at 7, 6:00, they were ill various illnesses less frequently than others. In the process, experts are not only evaluated the duration of sleep, but also pay attention to sleep disorders, the manifestation of daytime sleepiness, receiving hypnotics age. It turned out that even those people who had to get up very early, but they were sleeping in the day the above mentioned amount of time, hurt less and less frequently took sick.
However, scientists do not deny the fact that the figures 7, 6, 7, 8 hours - it's just statistics, but in fact the dream man should be assessed not only in length, but also in quality. By the way, doctors insist that in Western countries more than 50% of the men and women sleep less than the specified time.
Meanwhile, there is an easy way to improve sleep. Scientists say that improve its quality allows dumped kgs. During the study experts found that people who were able to reduce their weight by 5% or more, substantially improve their own sleep and mood. This effect was independent of the way in which man has helped to lose weight and to exercise six months after weight loss. It was noted that people who were able to reduce their weight by 5%, increased duration of sleep for more than 20 minutes. Conclusions Scientists also houses the data that have lost weight and, accordingly, seizing the quality of sleep of people rarely manifested bouts of depression. It is planned to conduct further studies to obtain more information about this dependence.