It turns out that sleep disorders and serious diseases may be linked. Scientists have long studied the connection between how we sleep and our general state of health. Sometimes our hands may point to certain problems or gnashing your teeth.
People who suffer from insomnia may experience increased interest for sweet and fatty foods. Experts explained that the normal sleep consists of two phases - slow and rapid eye movement. The second option involves increased blood pressure, change the pace of breathing, muscle relaxation and increased brain activity. If this phase of sleep broken, paralysis which occurs at this time appears incomplete or absent. Therefore a person can wave his arms, move, scream and even jump. At such moments medial prefrontal cerebral cortex may take "control" over the body and cause a desire to consume any product with a high fat or sucrose. Thus, the usual insomnia caused by a disorder of the second phase of sleep can provoke growing interest in high-calorie foods. According to experts, are particularly prone to this problem people who suffer from obesity.
Abuse of such harmful food can cause serious illness, in this case the problems with weight. Canadian scientists have conducted research related to disturbing sleep and found a direct link with Parkinson’s disease and madness. Studies show that people who slept in the most peaceful way and twitches, hustles arms and legs during sleep, prone to madness and more likely prone to Parkinson’s disease. Scientists conducted the study in one of the homes for the elderly in Montreal. Age of participants ranged from 60-65 years. The doctors carried out their surveillance for the elderly over five years and understood the connection between sleep problems and diseases.
Thus, of the 26 examinees found that over 90% sleep with very disturbing sleep and beating and kicking, being in a phase of deep sleep. 14 of them are sick as a result of Parkinson’s disease, 4 with Alzheimer’s disease and in 7 patients doctors diagnosed madness. Scientists say that the rate of rapid phase of sleep - this is where all the muscles are relaxed and sleeping man behaves quietly and completely peacefully.
Now, scientists still cannot explain the direct connection of certain movements, sleep problems and illnesses but argued that some cyclical connection observed in many patients who were under surveillance. The researchers said that their observations will continue and expand the scale of studying of the problem that in the future could diagnose the disease early and treat them successfully.
But there are things that depend on us and that we can influence - how we sleep. More about this you can read in the article "Best sleep positions". Sleeping on the side has a beneficial effect on human health. According to experts while sleeping in this position brain is cleared of unnecessary waste that prevents syndromes Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.
During the experiments which were conducted scientists tracked the lymphatic system responsible for removing waste products from the brain. The result was that after removing unnecessary waste brain began to function better. After this experiment, the scientists strongly advise everyone to sleep on the side.
So as you understood sleep disorders and serious diseases cannot just be connected but also can cause each other.