Too little sleep certainly does not have a good effect on health, but the other extreme is not good either. Doctors warn that people who sleep more than 10 hours a day are in worse health than those who are in bed for seven hours. Certain studies show that every third person belongs to the group of those who like to stretch out on the bed.
Doctors are still not entirely sure whether long sleep is a cause or a sign of the disease, but they agree on the problems it brings. For starters, there is a 34 percent higher risk of cardiovascular disease. Then, these people are more likely to gain weight and that's because they exercise less, scientists assume.
Too much sleep, as well as too little sleep, increases blood sugar levels, which in turn can cause diabetes.
Concentration is significantly weaker, as is the performance of daily tasks, and research published in the "Magazine of the American Geriatrics Society" even shows that continuous long sleep accelerates the aging of the brain by two years.
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