Scientists: lack of Sleep dangerous for the kidneys

Scientists have been working on the development of sleep and its impact on the health of the planet. For fresh information, lack of sleep can negatively affect kidney function. This is evidenced by studies that researchers led for 11 years.

A group of academics at Brigham Women's hospital conducted a study of sleep more than 4,5 thousand representatives of the weaker sex. Scientists, who for 11 years has collected evidence about the state of health of Guinea, came to the conclusion that lack of sleep can highly be bad for kidney function.

Thus, the condition of the kidneys ladies who participated in the study, checked twice a year. A scientist was able to trace the pattern according to which the defect of sleep disturbs the excretory system of the body. For example, those subjects who slept for 5 hours a day, the likelihood of decreased renal function was 65% higher than those participants who slept required seven or eight hours.

Lack of sleep has an overall debilitating effect on all body systems. As it was informed Days.Ru, this theory is confirmed by the studies of research workers from around the world. "Not important how old you are, what nationality you or what is your salary. The only difference is the lack of sleep. It causes not only fatigue or irritability, lack of sleep has a fundamental impact on the General state of health", - said the Creator of the study on the relationship of risk of origin of cold and lack of sleep Eric Prater.

In fact, researchers who participated in this study for a week put a Guinea in the hotel, offering daily instilled into the nose medication containing the cold virus and then monitored the result. It turns out that those who slept 5 hours or less, 4 and a half times more often had a head cold.

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