At this time the shortest daylight hours simply makes us spend a significant portion of the day in artificial light, thereby prolonging the period of wakefulness. This violates the biorhythms, formed over thousands of years, "biological clock" of the body in conflict with bright artificial light.
According to the research scientists at the University of Haifa and Ohio it is clear that due to artificial light, our body synthesizes melatonin less than he needs. And from this hormone it depends on the work of "clock" genes that help determine the time of activity and rest, as well as the time of supply. And it inevitably leads to sleep disturbances.
- Artificial light, fast moving long distances, work at different times of the day is likely to disrupt the sleep cycle, and payment for all these "benefits of civilization" is insomnia, - he says
MD, chief specialist of the medical management of the company "LEOVIT nutrio" Maria Ovsyannikov. - It inhibits our psychomotor function - the ability to perceive, process and respond to information the world. The body lacks the necessary resources and tries to slow the natural metabolism to stretch the available reserves in the largest possible amount of time. And the consequences of insomnia can build - and then one day by day is becoming less and less workable.
ONLY NUMBERS
- According to the National Commission for the study of sleep disorders in the United States 36 percent of adults have problems with sleep disorders.
- About 40 million. Suffer from chronic sleep disorders, while 30 million. Insomnia occurs frequently, posing a threat of various diseases.
- As a result of sleep disorders around 40,000 people a year die, 250,000 are injured falling asleep at the wheel! A ten-year study in California found that the death rate among people who sleep less than 6 hours per day, 70% higher than among those whose nights sleep is 7-8 hours.
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