Poor sleep is early old age for the human brain Bashny.Net

Only 4 years of disturbed sleep will result eventually in loss of concentration and memory, experts say. Sleep problems increase to 50% the risks of mental disorders, which is equivalent to 5 years added to age.

As stated in the study to keep the youth of the brain is very important amount of sleep and also its quality. Installed the following — poor quality of sleep can increase the risks of mental disorders.





In finding involved 2 thousand 820 men, whose average age was 76 years. The participants for 5 nights tracked the sleep mode, and then tested them directly on the state of their mental abilities, for example, their ability to make decisions, to plan, to think abstractly.

To make final conclusions, it is necessary to carry out a more long-term observation. However, we can definitely say that sleep is an important element of a healthy lifestyle. However, experts from the University of Uppsala have been able to establish that only one sleepless night causes changes in the brain, comparable in effect only with the head injury. The levels of markers of brain damage is significantly increased due to lack of sleep. Basically the brain from toxic compounds purified during sleep. In response to the accumulation of compounds increases the level of biomarkers.





Here are a couple of amusing facts on a given topic:
• Time lack of sleep increases 16% accumulation in the blood vessels of calcium, thereby provoking cardiovascular disease.
• Reduction on 2 hours of sleep leads to excess weight 20% of men and 24% women.
• The loss of 4 hours of sleep also adds to the lowering of the reaction by 50%.
• Danger of suicide with the lack of sleep doubles even people with a healthy psyche.



Source: globalscience.ru