The importance of establishing a routine with quality sleep hours

In many cases, people tend to postpone their dreams or remove their relevance. However, sleep is one of the most powerful tools for those who want to function properly the next day and enjoy a healthy body. Sleeping during the day and maintaining a constant sleep schedule at night can be interpreted as the perfect recipe for living rested.

"The dream is a physiological process that, contrary to what people believe, is not pbadive, but active," he said. Infobae the neurologist Claudio Waisburg, (MN 98128).

Establishing a sleep routine and following it is one of the most important keys to good health. In fact, many surveys clearly show that sleep optimization involves more than just staying in bed an hour longer.

A study conducted in the United States in 2018 found that students who slept eight hours a night had better results in final exams. Research conducted at the University of Michigan has revealed that lack of sleep affects memory and work performance in areas as diverse as baking and surgery.

In terms of not sleeping, research has shown that a person who does not sleep two nights in a row or who sleeps less than six hours may feel numb for several days. In addition, according to the study, people who sleep a few hours have higher mortality rates than those who do not sleep. Especially in the over 65s.

Some of the long-term problems are related to the body's problems. These can be weight gain, migraines and constant fatigue. It can also act as sleep apnea or even what it calls "microsleepy": when the brain goes off briefly during the day, sometimes with eyes open, this represents a danger obvious for the daily activities of people.

"When the dream is missing, the metabolism is greatly altered.The first thing to do is a hormonal change, because brain damage triggers the stimulation of the stress hormone called cortisol.This hormone has tremendous power, especially our metabolism that affects each of our cells, "said the endocrinologist María Alejandra Rodríguez Zía (MN 70787) Infobae.

Reut Gruber, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Sleep Laboratory of McGill University in Montreal, said that even though there is no magic numberand a way to calculate how many hours of sleep are ideal for each person.

According to the professional, when the person has no commitment the next day, she should go to bed at a reasonable time and without alarm. In this way, you should note how long you have been sleeping. This will be the goal to reach each night. "Once you have determined that number, stick to it at all costs," said the scientist.

On the other hand, in a study to which 160,000 people participated published in the magazine Frontiers in human neuroscience it was stated that "participants who reported seven hours of sleep had the highest cognitive performance among a battery of psychological tests" and that this performance was lower for those who slept more.

"The routine is a friend of habit, you must respect schedules, have flexibility on weekends and holidays, and stay day-to-day," concluded the professional.