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A bad night’s sleep is increasingly becoming a habit many people. For this group of 3-4 hours of sleep a night is enough. But if you want to get health benefits of sleeping seven hours per night of sleep would not be negotiated. 

Many people know that the optimal sleep as much as eight hours a day. But new research shows that sleeping for seven hours a night can help a person healthier. Experts have found that sleeping for seven hours will provide optimal health, while the number of hours of sleep more than seven hours or less may be a risk for someone special. A study of 30,000 adults found that cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and heart attack occurs twice as high among people who sleep less than five hours a day. Meanwhile, those who slept nine hours or more also have the same risk. 

The results were published in a scientific journal sleep found the attack was due to the structure of sleep can affect cardiovascular metabolism and hormone functions of a person. Therefore, if someone is lack of sleep can increase blood pressure and impaired glucose tolerance, both conditions that increase the risk of arterial lesions. As for people who sleep too, it is likely to experience respiratory problems, increasing the risk.