This is what happens to your heart by sleeping seven hours in a row [Ciencia] – 05/07/2018

Mexico City – Sleep seven hours in a row at night, no more, no less. This is what the researchers advise at Miguel Servet University Hospital in Zaragoza to prevent cardiovascular disease.

As reported by the Ministry of Health of the Government of Aragon, this scientific recommendation is preceded by a comprehensive investigation in which experts have verified that people who sleep seven hours a day have a risk lower atherosclerosis plaques in the coronary arteries than those with very short sleep periods.

The presence of atherosclerotic plaques, that is, the accumulation of cholesterol in the artery wall, is a clear marker of cardiovascular risk and precedes the development of heart attacks, strokes and stroke. other diseases.

Belén Moreno Franco, of the Center for Research of the Biomedical Network of the Group of Cardiovascular Diseases (CIBERCV), explained that The Work has studied in depth the relationship between the amount of hours of nocturnal sleep of the workers of the 39; Opel plant in Figueruelas and the presence of wounds in the arteries.

The team of IIS Aragón and CIBERCV, located in Servet, investigated a sample of 1 968 male workers between 40 and 60 years old, all in good health. And he based his study on hours followed by nighttime sleep on workdays, not to mention naps.

Sleep quality has always been considered a very influential factor in cardiovascular health. There was data in the medical literature in which it was suggested that those who slept for hours or hours were at greater risk of circulatory system diseases.

Short sleep – less than 7 hours – is associated with obesity and hypertension. and short or long sleep – 8 hours or more – at a higher incidence of type II diabetes. Now, Aragonese researchers are scientifically establishing the amount of adequate sleep to prevent atherosclerosis. "The onset of atherosclerotic plaque is a critical risk factor for cardiovascular disease because these plaques can rupture and block the pathway and that is when, for example, cardiac infarctions occur." produce ", warned Belén Moreno

. study just to be published in the journal "Atherosclerosis". Aragonese researchers recommend that the population follow the indication of a seven-hour night rest period to maintain good health