As part of a large-scale study, a group of scientists from the UK decided to establish which aspect of human life is the most important in terms of the formation and maintenance of good health.

More than a dozen factors were analyzed, including diet, physical activity, mental well-being or not, and more.. As a result, it turned out that with a slight margin from the diet, sleep won. Scientists note that in order for a person to be healthy, he must take into account absolutely all possible factors that can affect his state of health.. However, healthy sleep among them is still the most important..

“Sleep affects the state of metabolism in the body. In the absence of optimal sleep, even an absolutely correct diet will lead to obesity, even optimal physical activity will plant the heart, and even a generally correct lifestyle and the absence of a genetic predisposition will still not prevent the development of diabetes.. At the same time, 80% of people in the modern world artificially create sleep problems for themselves, about 40% have medical problems with sleep, as a result of which approximately 30% of the world do not get enough sleep chronically, that is, constantly,” notes Bruce Lokk,.

Scientists have created a theoretical model of what humanity would look like if each of us would get enough sleep. Interestingly, there would be a 50% reduction in cardiovascular mortality and a 30% reduction in diabetes morbidity.. As a result, this would save the lives of 100-150 million people annually.. man all over the world.

It is also interesting that every third person who has problems with sleep experiences difficulties not so much with its quantity, but with its quality.. This is a category of people who can sleep for 9-10 hours, but still not get enough sleep.. In this case, we are talking about the impact of bad habits: sitting at the computer in the evening just before going to bed, drinking a lot of sugar or alcohol before going to bed, going to bed after 12 pm, as well as actively thinking about the problems of the day already.. All this can seriously reduce the quality of sleep..

Vladislav Vorotnikov.

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