Sleep Duration Is Vital <br />for Heart Health, , According to Recommendations.<br />The new recommendations come via the American Heart Association (AHA).<br />The agency's new checklist for cardiovascular health was published on June 29.<br />AHA's "Life's Essential 8" checklist now includes the duration of sleep as an essential component of cardiovascular health.<br />Based on nearly a decade's worth of data, the AHA recommends that adults get between seven and nine hours of sleep nightly.<br />Folks not getting enough sleep have a higher likelihood of things like obesity, hypertension <br />and diabetes, Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, AHA, via CNN.<br />In addition, a person's quality of sleep is important.<br />For instance, the body needs to enter three phases of rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep in order to be fully rested.<br />During the third REM phase is when the body enters <br />its deepest sleep which is restorative.<br />Continually waking up throughout the night prevents this type of sleep.<br />which in turn leads to elevated risk of high blood pressure and other adverse health conditions.<br />The other seven components of <br />"Life's Essential 8" include diet.<br />exposure to nicotine, .<br />body mass index.<br />physical activity.<br />blood lipids.<br />blood pressure...<br />... and blood glucose
