Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Irregular Sleep Patterns Can Extend Age

A Monash University study revealed that the pattern of good sleep can help men live longer . As for women , it's a good sleep pattern will only benefit if they also have a diverse diet .

The study led the study in collaboration and Monash University found that women who eat a varied diet , including foods rich source of vitamin B6 enables long life . Although , he has a bad habit of sleeping  patterns .

Collaboration is comprised researchers from various universities including Monash University , National Defense Medical Center of Taiwan and the National Health Research Institutes of Taiwan . They examine how diet contributes to the relationship between sleep quality and mortality among elderly men and women .

Professor Emeritus , Mark Wahlqvist of Monash University , said sleep patterns play a more important role contributing to the death of men than women .
" Lack of sleep for men has been associated with increased morbidity and mortality , including obesity , diabetes , heart disease and coronary heart disease , " said Walhqvist , as reported from Sciencealert , Wednesday ( 5/3 ) .

" We found that for both sexes , lack of sleep is highly correlated with poor appetite and poor perceived health . Wherever there is a significant interaction between sleep quality and diversity of food , '' he said .

For men , lack of sleep was not associated with a greater risk of death unless it is equipped with enough food diversity . As for women , good sleep only provide a survival advantage if they have a varied diet .

The study found that women had almost twice as poor sleep than men . Women who sleep poorly have a low intake of vitamin B6 from their food than those who have sleep patterns . Sleep less have lower iron intake of adequate sleep .

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