from Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Early to bed, early to rise makes a person
healthy, wealthy and wise. Turns out Ben
Franklin may have been right—at least
about the health benefits. A study in the
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &
Metabolism found staying awake later at
night is likely to cause sleep loss, poor
quality sleep and eating at inappropriate
times. Regardless of lifestyle, people who
stayed up late faced a higher risk of
developing sleep problems, such as
diabetes or reduced muscle mass than
those who were early risers. In the sixteen
hundred people questioned, night owls
tended to be younger with higher levels of
body fat and fats in the blood than morning
people. Despite tending younger they were
also more likely to have sarcopenia—a
condition where the body gradually loses
muscle mass.