That's what they tell me now!
So much for the age-old belief that rising early is good for the health. Apparently, it's not good for the heart.
A new study tells us just that.
What about that adage: "The early bird catches the worm"? It still holds true, literally, I suppose.
You'd still catch your worm but you'd be quicker on the road to hypertension.
What other ancient health remedy or panacea will they find to be bad next?
Here's the story.
TOKYO (AFP) - Generations have praised the wisdom of getting up early in the morning, but a Japanese study says early-risers are actually at a higher risk of developing heart problems.
The study, conducted by researchers from several universities and hospitals in the western Japanese city of Kyoto, revealed a link between wake-up times and a person's cardiovascular condition.
"Rising early to go to work or exercise might not be beneficial to health, but rather a risk for vascular diseases," said an abstract of the study.
The study, covering 3,017 healthy adults aged between 23 through 90, found that early risers had a greater risk of heart conditions including hypertension and of having strokes.
However, the study also noted that early risers were usually older.
The study is being presented this week at the World Congress of the World Federation of Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine Societies, being held in Cairns, Australia.
A separate study released in June by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania
found that chronic sleep deprivation adds stress to the heart, putting a person at greater risk of cardiovascular disease and death.
2 comments:
I guess I have been doing it right all these years - waking up when I feel like it. :D (yeah right!)
Most days after I see hubby off to work (after making breakfast), I just go back to bed for a bit (currently unemployed). Of course, when I was working, I did feel the stress of waking up early and not able to catch my 40 winks.
What else will they come up with? How is it that generations before us survived all that early rising? :)
JT: You're lucky, eh? Bet you thought u were doing it all wrong all these years.
I am not an early riser.. but what is an early riser?
I think 8am is early. Other people say that's way too late in the morning.
But, we have to go to work so we have to rise early.
We can only indulge on weekends. But with the kids and all.....
it's always early. Sigh sigh sigh
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