You will repel the risk of cancer from falling asleep if you turn off the lights before you go to bed
If you are a young man who is always proud of the ability to follow the European time zone, the information below will make you change 180 degrees.
By basically even the " giant " Earth has its own day-night, morning-night routine. And of course, the creatures that live on Earth must also agree to form life. Therefore, if you constantly force your body in the light-filled space even when you sleep, you will cause your body's biological clock to become " confused " and thereby lead to unpredictable risks.
To confirm this view, in 2014, Y Tulane University (New Orland, USA) conducted a study on the effect of light on tumor growth on mice with breast cancer. . The results were surprising: After 12 hours of continuous testing, the mice were exposed to the light when they slept, although only a very weak blue light source, the tumor developed 2.6 times faster. with a group of mice that were allowed to sleep in complete darkness.
Tumors tend to grow faster if the body is exposed to light even when sleeping.
The reason is that light can disrupt the body's circadian rhythm , including the production rate of important hormones, including melatonin . This is an indispensable hormone in the body's immune system and works to reduce the progression of cancer, especially breast cancer .
In addition, according to a study published in the 2006 American Epidemiology Journal of 16 Japanese authors from major universities and research institutes in Japan, those who have the habit of turning on lights when sleeping also have a billion. Prostate cancer is twice as high as those who often sleep in the dark.
According to the explanation of the scientists, the cause comes from the phenomenon of producing melatonin in the darkness of the brain being "blocked by the light". Accordingly, even a small amount of glare while sleeping will also lead to " light pollution " and hinder the production of melatonin, thereby losing the effect of this precious hormone.
Melatonin is a hormone that is extremely sensitive to light.
Also according to this study, the body is also capable of producing natural melatonin around 11 pm to 4 am. Therefore, during this time, patients should not sleep in the condition that any light around them is the smallest. It is also a golden time to go to sleep for any person if they want the body to make melatonin to fight against many risks of cancer.
In LiveScience, Professor Russel J. Reiter of the University of Texas on Health and Scientific Research also said that, in addition to ensuring no outside light enters the room, patients need to limit all the light sources from electronic devices such as mobile phones, computers, televisions . for maximum melatonin production.
If you can't sleep in the dark, replace the blue and white nightlight with a yellow, red light bulb.
However, the professor also advises that if you are not brave enough to lie alone in the dark, you can still " circumvent the law " by using red or yellow nightlight and keep the light level as small as possible. Although the effect is not as high as the method of full power shutdown, this way is not so " troublesome " that it confuses the body's biological clock like blue or white light.
It can be said that the " dark method " is currently the easiest and cheapest way to help people prevent cancer without doing anything else . turn off the power and go to sleep.
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