Do you sleep more than 9 hours everyday? Read on to find out how harmful it can be for your health.
Sleep is a healthy process that fills our body with essential fuels, strengthens our heart, boosts immunity, helps the brain to function properly and improves our overall health. But as too much of anything is bad, oversleeping does play several harmful effects on your health. Here, let’s take a look at the possible side effects of oversleeping for your health.
Too much sleep increases your blood sugar level, which leads to diabetes. A study has shown that people who sleep more than 10 hours on a regular basis, have a risk of developing Type II diabetes by more than 50%.
Getting excessive sleep affects your heart a lot and causes several heart diseases. A study has shown that people, who sleep 9-11 hours on a daily basis, increase the risk of coronary heart disease by 38%.
People, who sleep more than 11 hours at night, often feel headache after waking up. This is because oversleep has some negative effects on serotonin and other neurotransmitters in the brain. Also, it makes your body dehydrated, which results in causing head pain. If you sleep too much in the daytime and can’t sleep at night, then this can also lead you to headache in the morning.
Too much sleep lowers your metabolic rate and makes you gain more weight. A study has shown that people who sleep more than 9 hours everyday, are at 22% higher risk than people who sleep 7 hours everyday.
Too much sleep means you are lying on your back for too much time. It affects the muscles of your back and the curve of your spine, and finally leads to back pain. However, certain exercises can help you ease this pain.
Sleeping is linked with all the activities happening in our body. When you sleep too much, it disrupts the overall system of your body, which results in increasing the risk of stroke.
Oversleeping is harmful for both your physical and mental health. Also, several studies have shown that people who develop a habit of oversleeping, increases death risk by a lot. So, maintain a proper sleep schedule and live a healthy lifestyle.
