This Sleep Routine Can Cut Your Heart Disease Risk by 20%: New Study

. . .New research finds that people who catch up on zzz’s on the weekends can cut their risk of heart disease by up to 20%.

“Sufficient compensatory sleep is linked to a lower risk of heart disease,” said study co-author Yanjun Song, a researcher with Fuwai Hospital in Beijing. “The association becomes even more pronounced among individuals who regularly experience inadequate sleep on weekdays.”

Song’s team analyzed sleep data from 90,900 UK residents. Nearly 22% — about 19,800 participants — were categorized as sleep-deprived because they slumbered less than seven hours a night on average.

Researchers followed the participants for nearly 14 years, monitoring hospital and death records for cardiac diseases including heart failure, atrial fibrillation and stroke.

The team found that those who logged the most compensatory sleep were 19% less likely to develop heart disease. (Read more from “This Sleep Routine Can Cut Your Heart Disease Risk by 20%: New Study” HERE)

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