Posted on 12/24/2023 8:34:50 PM PST by ConservativeMind
Your morning alarm clock might not just be annoying. It could be raising your blood pressure, putting you at greater risk for adverse cardiovascular events, such as stroke and heart attack, according to research.
Yeonsu Kim studied how being forced awake contributes to morning blood pressure surge, an increase in blood pressure that happens when people move quickly from being asleep to awake.
Kim studied 32 participants over two days. The first night, they were told to awaken naturally, without an alarm. The second night, they were instructed to set an alarm to awaken them after only five hours of sleep.
Kim compared morning blood pressure surge measures between the natural and forced awakening scenarios. Her research showed that those who were forced awake had a morning blood pressure surge that was 74% greater than those who awoke naturally—evidence of a link between short sleep duration, forced awakening and morning blood pressure surge.
When morning blood pressure surge is excessive, it can activate the sympathetic nervous system, which pumps harder and stronger. That can cause fatigue, shortness of breath, anxiety, neck stiffness, and, when acute, nosebleeds and headaches.
Evidence has also shown that people who sleep fewer than seven hours a night (as one in three Americans do) are more likely to experience greater morning blood pressure surge.
Kim's study builds on existing research about the best way to wake up. A 2020 study found that waking up to melodic sounds (like a song you can hum along to) helps people avoid sleep inertia, a kind of persistent grogginess that can last up to two hours. In another study in 2021, researchers learned that exposure to light in the morning tells your body to slow its melatonin production, helping people wake up and stay awake.
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There's dozen of self-inflicted health habits that will cause my death.
But, most likely, it'll be The Lovely Mrs. End Times Sentinel kicking my side of the mattress, shouting my name "ARE YOU GOING TO WORK!!!" on one of my days off. I can feel my heart stretching to it's rupture point. But what are you gonna do?
That is why GenZ wants nothing to do with it
Ah. I don't blame them for not waiting to work for the "man".
My BP must be very good. I retired January of this year.
(Then it’s a good thing I wake up to an old-fashioned plug-in alarm clock/radio.)
It’s not playing the same Sonny and Cher song every day is it?
Asking for a friend........
The best part of waking up is Folger’s in your cup ☕☕☕☕
Ok but we all had to “pay our dues.” I worked 2 full time jobs often simultaneously for “the man” from 1977 to 2022.
Me, too. Still wake up at 6:00. Then ... ahhhh...
No makeup. No panty hose. No staff meetings. No office drama. I don’t go back to sleep — just bask in the knowledge.
Alarm clocks are racist. Because making people show up on time is a white thing.
I’ve been retired for over 5 years and I’m still up before the sun with no alarm clock...
If you have cats, there’s no need for an alarm clock.
“settled science”: a field of scientific study that demands everyone listen to anyone who claims to have researched anything that can be used to control the behavior of everyone who isn’t the anyone. L.Star
I wake up to a clock radio alarm. It’s set to the local fox news station. The only time I’m at risk is when I hear Chuck Schumers irritating voice in the morning.
Pink Floyd’s “Time” is a nice song to wake up to.
Oh yeah, you get the feeling of being slowly strolled over, whiskers and purring in the face. If that doesn’t work you start to hear things on the dresser hitting on the floor!
Beepilepsy.
EC
LOL… used to love the concept of “sniglets” back In the 70’s or 80’s, and that sounds like one of them…:)
You should see the effect of the home alarm going off at 2 am
I didn’t realize people still use pagers today!
The “study” does not show that. It shows that waking up to ANY alarm causes stress. I’ve known that for years. The sample size is too small to be useful. They didn’t try this with regular alarm clocks, which would have produced the same results.
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