Office without window makes you sleep 46 minutes / night

The secret to getting a good night's sleep at night may not be reading, drinking milk or hot water, but the position you sit at work, according to a new study.

The new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, reveals that the working environment can play a crucial role in the construction of a biological clock inside our bodies.

British statistics show that one-third of the country's population is suffering from poor sleep at night.As a result of all the sleepless nights, it's not just a lack of concentration and a bad mood . Sleeplessness is often found to increase the risk of serious illnesses such as obesity, cardiovascular disease or diabetes, and may even reduce the life of "suffering".

People who work in the environment have almost no windows, ie íits exposed to natural light during the day have less sleepy nights and more flicker.(Photo: Corbis)

Stress, computers, and bringing home work are often blamed for poor sleep quality. However, scientists have found that our sleep can be influenced by the degree of exposure to natural daylight.

Experts from the University of Illinois and Northwestern University in the US have collaborated with colleagues at Hwa-Hsia Institute of Technology in Taiwan to learn about the role of workplace windows for support. sleep aid They recruited 49 office workers, with more than half of them working day-to-day in environments with almost no windows, while the rest were exposed regularly to natural daylight. window.

Each volunteer was interviewed about their sleep patterns, physical activity and lifestyle in general. Some volunteers also wear high-tech watches 24 hours a day, for 2 weeks to measure their light exposure, physical activity and sleep / wake time.

The researchers found that office workers work in places where there is no window or little exposure to natural daylight, which sleeps less than 46 minutes each night. Meanwhile, people sitting near the window recorded less disruption of sleep and better quality of life than colleagues who were deprived of daylight.

Sleep expert Dr. Neil Stanley explained that the body needs daylight exposure to maintain proper sleep patterns. Specifically, the light informs the body to awaken and the darkness warns the body to fall asleep. The problem with artificial lighting in offices today is that they do not include the blue light, the wavelength of light we receive from the sun, controlling our biological clock.

According to the researchers, the discovery implies, better-designed offices, with more windows to receive natural daylight, can enhance the physical and mental health of workers.