Monterey, CA Insomnia May Lead To Diabetes, Obesity, Heart Disease And Other Serious Health Problems

Many seniors have difficulty sleeping and rely on sleeping pills to get them through the night.  It's not the ideal solution, and if you can find a way to sleep without relying on pills it is definitely easier on the body.  Unfortunately, studies have found that there's not much that you can do about insomnia, much of it is genetic.  But a recent report found that genetics takes a heavy toll on us.  Because of inadequate sleep, many genes in your body may be altered which lead to other health problems such as diabetes, obesity and heart disease.  Another issue is that if you don't feel good, you're not likely to exercise, and this can also exacerbate health issues.  The report, published in the Academy of Sciences, found that more than one-third of Americans sleep less than seven hours per night, which inhibits their ability to concentrate.  The investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that there were noticeable changes in many genes when people didn't have the proper amount of sleep.  More research clearly needs to be done in this area, but it was interesting to find that study participants saw a big change in their health after having six hours of sleep for just one week.  Think of the impacts of this over an entire lifetime.