The study showed that irregular sleeping patterns — people who go to sleep at different times throughout the week, or who get an inconsistent number of hours of shut-eye each night — could have a higher chance of developing atherosclerosis (hardening of the blood vessels).
This can cause arteries to narrow, reducing blood flow and the amount of oxygen and other nutrients reaching the body, or can create blood clots that block the artery, leading to a heart attack or stroke.
The study found that participants whose sleep duration varied for more than two hours across the course of a week were 40 per cent more likely to have high amounts of hardened plaque in their arteries. What’s more, fragmented or erratic sleep patterns have also been linked to heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. Erratic sleep patterns can also affect mood, and this in turn can increase stress hormones in the body, which raises the risk of things such as heart disease.
The key to this is establishing a pattern and sticking to it. All those determined to try to break the habit and get back into a regular sleeping pattern should take note of the following-
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