subject: Sleep Tight To Reduce Hypertension [print this page] Sleep Tight to reduce Hypertension or Blood Pressure (BP)
Sleep deprivation has been found as one of the major reasons for stress related problems. According to a researcher it has been found that amongst the women who sleep less than or equal to 5 hours were twice as likely to suffer from hypertension than those who took the recommended seven hours sleep.
There are two stages of ones sleep -
REM (Rapid Eye Movement) - Contributes to mental consolidation
Non- REM - Aids physical repair and rebuilding
During a typical night, one alternates between the above two stages approximately 4-5 times.
Insufficient number of hours of sleep contributes to -
Mental irritability (5-6 hours of sleep) due to lack of REM sleep
