BAD FOR YOU?
ACCORDING TO ONE STUDY THAT HAS YET TO BE PEER-REVIEWED BY
MEDICAL JOURNAL, THEY ARE SAYING IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A
PRELIMINARY NEW STUDY FOUND THE EVERY HOUR SLEEP WAS SHIFTED PER
WEEK WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A 11% INCREASED RISK OF HEART DISEASE.
THESE FINDINGS WERE PRESENTED THIS WEEK AT THE ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONAL SLEEP SOCIETIES WHICH IS WHAT
I JUST CALL MY BEDROOM, JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN THE AMERICAN
ACADEMY OF SLEEP, MEDICINE, AND THE SLEEP MEDICINE SOCIETY.
A HAS BEEN PEER-REVIEWED YET AND THE AUTHORS ARE JUST
BASICALLY USING THEIR FINDINGS TO INDICATE WHAT COULD BE
SET IN STONE AT A LATER DATE, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF ALTERED WE CAN SLEEP PATTERNS,
RESEARCHERS LOOKED AT SURVEY RESPONSES FROM APPROXIMATELY
1000 ADULTS AGES 22 TO 60 TO DETERMINE PARTICIPANTS AVERAGE
AMOUNT OF SOCIAL JETLAGGED, THEY SUBJECTED WEEKDAY FROM WEEKEND
SLEEP MIDPOINTS A DIVER PERSON REPORTED SLEEPING FROM 11 PM TO
7 AM ON WEEKNIGHTS MIDPOINT 3 AM AND FROM ONE AND 91
WEEKENDS BETWEEN 5 AM THAT'S A TWO HOUR DIFFERENCE.
THE RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT EVERY HOUR OF SOCIAL JETLAGGED
WAS IN THE PENDULUM ASSOCIATED WITH A 22% INCREASED
LIKELIHOOD OF SELF REPORTED GOOD HEALTH AS OPPOSED TO EXCELLENT
HEALTH AND A 20 INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF FAIR/POOR HEALTH.
EACH HOUR OF WE CAN SLEEP SHIFTING WAS ALSO ASSOCIATED
WITH AN 811% INCREASED RISK OF HEART DISEASE AS WELL AS HIGHER
SCORES ON FATIGUE, SLEEPINESS, DEPRESSION'S TRAINING
QUESTIONNAIRES THAT LIMIT GET A REACTION FROM YOU GUYS.
DO YOU THANKS AGAIN IS GOING TO KILL YOU?
HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THIS AT ALL BECAUSE LIKE
YOU MENTIONED, IT IS WE HAD TO BE PEER-REVIEWED.
THERE IS NO CLEAR CONSISTENT CONSENSUS ON WHETHER CAUSES
ARE NOT IN SLEEP STUDIES, ALONG WITH FOOD STUDIES ARE VERY
HARD TO DO BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY FACTORS THAT GO INTO
THIS LONG LENGTH OF TIME THAT YOU ARE STUDYING.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS PERSON'S LIFE IS OR THEIR STRESS
LEVEL OR THEIR ANXIETY OR THEIR JOB OR THEIR DIET OR SO MANY
DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT COULD CHANGE WHATEVER RISK FOR
HEART DISEASE OR OTHER FACTORS.
I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO POINT OUT IS THAT
WAS STORIES LIKE THIS IT IS SO SUBJECTIVE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL
PERSON, I'M SKEPTICAL IF THEY CAN MAKE A BROADER ASSUMPTION.
THAT'S WAY TO A SURVEY OF 1000 PEOPLE IS TO TRY TO
GET RID OF SOME OF THE NATIONAL VARIABILITY.
I'M SO CYNICAL WHEN IT COMES TO STUDIES.
A NEW SCIENTIFIC STUDY SAYS YOU SHOULD PUNCH YOURSELF IN
THE FACE AND THEN HE WILL HAVE NEW FRIENDS.
THAT IS A REAL STUDY AT ALL,
BUT WHAT KIND OF FRIENDS AT THE END OF THE DAY?
BUT ONLY BY THIS I THINK MAYBE IF THEY HAD SURVEYED
10,000 ADULTS.
I ONLY BELIEVE IN THE REALLY BROAD ONES.
ALSO, SELF-REPORTED SURVEYS ARE ALSO ANOTHER FACTOR TO
LOOK INTO, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT PRESENTING
SCIENCE IN A JOURNALISTIC WAY BECAUSE SO OFTEN, THIS WILL
BE TAKEN AT FACE VALUE AND BE READ TO BE THE TRUTH AND IT
IS JUST LIKE WELL, WHAT ABOUT THESE OTHER
STUDIES?
WHAT ABOUT PEER-REVIEWING IT?
IT IS A FAIR THING TO SAY.
THAT SAID, A RESEARCH ASSISTANT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
ARIZONA SAID JUST SIMPLY, THIS SUGGESTS THAT A REGULAR SLEEP
SITE SCHEDULE MIGHT BE AN EFFECTIVE, RELATIVELY CIVIL, AND
IN HIS INEXPENSIVE PREVENTATIVE TREATMENT FOR DISEASE AS WELL
AS OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT I CAN GET ON BOARD WITH THAT.
SLEEP WELL.
WHENEVER YOU ARE DEALING EXHAUSTED AND GET A GOOD NIGHTS
OF SLEEP, IT DOES HELP YOUR HELP.
I THINK THAT THEIR BASIC IDEA IN THE ARTICLE, NOT THE
HEADLINE BUT THE ARTICLE, IF YOU ARE SLEEPING THE SAME
AMOUNT BUT YOU SHIFTED ALL OVER THE PLACE OVER TIME THAT I
CAN BE BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH, THAT IS NOT A STRETCH I DON'T
THINK, BUT IT'S A WAY PEOPLE ARE PITCHING IT AS SLEEPING IN
ON THE WEEKENDS MIGHT BE BAD FOR YOU.
WHAT THEY DESCRIBED HERE IS NOT THE ISSUE.
IT IS NOT THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING TO SLEEP LATER ON FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY NIGHTS AND GETTING THE SAME AMOUNT OF SLEEP.
I'VE A FEELING A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE ALSO SLEEPING
MORE AND THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE CONTROLLING FOR TO MAKE
SURE THEY'RE SLEEPING THE SAME AMOUNT, BUT THAT IS NOT REALITY.
REALITY IS I MAY GO TO SLEEP AT ONE INSTEAD OF 11
BUT I'M PROBABLY ALSO WANT TO SLEEP FOR 10 HOURS WHICH
PROBABLY GETS READ OF A LOT OF THE NEGATIVE HEALTH EFFECTS.
MIGHT NOT BE SUSTAINABLE ARE GREAT FOR YOU BUT I'M NOT
SURE THAT WHAT THEY ARE DESCRIBING IS REALLY HOW
THE HEADLINES IN THE ARTICLES ARE PITCHING IT.
IT ALSO DOESN'T CONTROL FOR
OR HOW THIS VIDEO TITLE MIGHT PITCH IT.
I DID MAKE THE TITLE.
WE DON'T DO THAT, THE COMPLAINT DOES NOT
WITH NO CONTROL OVER THAT DO IT ALSO DOESN'T CONTROL FOR
MAYBE YOU GETTING REALLY TURNS ON THE WEEKENDS AND IT
MIGHT AFFECT YOUR NIGHTíS SLEEP.
I KNOW THIS GUY DOES.
I DON'T.
I TOOK SOME FAKE MUSHROOMS AND WENT CRAZY.