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Gadgets before bed are harmful to health

16.10.2017

Chronic lack of sleep not only threatens with serious health problems, but also affects the character of people.

Sleep deprivation has a "catastrophic effect" on health and longevity, according to UC Berkeley neuroscience professor Matthew Walker, and sleeping less than seven hours is dangerous to health.

“Once you sleep less than seven hours one day, and irreversible changes will begin in your brain and body as a whole. And those who claim that they can sleep for six hours, unfortunately, deceive themselves and their health,” says Matthew Walker, professor neuroscience at the University of California at Berkeley.

According to the scientist, trying to get enough sleep on weekends cannot compensate for lack of sleep during the work week. "This is not a bank. You can't accumulate debt and then pay it off later," he explained.

At the same time, lack of sleep, according to the author, makes a person less charismatic and more prone to lies. Walker also points out the dangerous effect of coffee in the evening on the depth of sleep and dispels the myths that alcohol helps to fall asleep.

In addition, the scientist advises to stop using a computer, smartphone and stop watching TV at least an hour before going to bed.

Walker previously said that lack of sleep can lead to numerous problems, including memory loss, diabetes, obesity, cancer and Alzheimer's disease, and urged major organizations and lawmakers to seriously address the problem of lack of sleep.

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