Proved: Women need to sleep longer than men!

Women really need to sleep more than men, and now it is officially proved. Researchers from Duke University found that because of the need to deal with several cases at the same time women are more tired, and they need time to recover.

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This is a topic that may be the reason for the long family dispute or conflict - who need sleep longer The wife or husband. It is known that lack of sleep   is very harmful to human health, it is associated with inflammatory processes, heart disease and stroke. But who still need extra minutes and hours of sleep?

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US scientists have proved that the longer a woman in need. The need for a long-term dream, they related to the ability to multi-task, that is, engage in multi-tasking. The fair sex prepare dinner for the family at the same time looking after the children and maintaining conversations with her husband. Men can effectively perform only one some business.

However, multitasking requires a greater load on the brain, which in turn creates a need for more long recovery, because the main task of sleep - just restoration of the brain and its "repair". That is why women need and sleep longer   men. The study's author, an expert on sleep Dr. Michael Breus found that   lack of sleep   causes in the female body are powerful inflammatory processes that nevysypayuschiesya ladies sometimes wake up in the morning alarm clock, experiencing real physical pain.

In addition, lack of sleep makes women more prone to fits of anger and depression. And if a woman is not getting enough sleep (7-8 hours) at night, the day she had to be sure to find time to take a nap. But no more than 90 minutes. Excess daytime sleep only increases the overall lethargy. (READ MORE)

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