4 Steps Healthy Risk Offsetting Night Work
Illustration (dock: Thinkstock) Jakarta, the normal natural cycle in humans is the work during the day, then sleep at night. But the job demands it sometimes makes the cycle must be reversed, leading to adverse effects on health. How do I fix this?
Various studies have shown that often stay up all night because they have to work to increase the risks of chronic diseases, from obesity, cancer to heart disease. Not to mention the short-term risks, which include sleep disorders.
Recent studies in the British Medical Journal showed that even frequent night work can increase the risk of coronary heart disease by 24 percent. In addition, the risk of stroke also increased by 23 percent and the risk of stroke rose 5 percent.
To prevent or reduce the risk, at least there are four ways you can do the following, as quoted by WebMD, Sunday (29/07/2012).
1. Healthy eating and exercise
Because of frequent night work can increase the risk of obesity and metabolic syndrome, then diet and lifestyle need to be changed to just went. Regular exercise, balanced diet and maintaining ideal body weight can offset the risk of permanent night work.
2. Enough sleep
Although they had to work at night, does not mean the need for adequate rest can not be met. Need a strategy to work around this, for example by extending sleep during the day at least for 7-8 hours straight without interruption in the dim room light.