SEMARANG, AYOSEMARANG.COM — Beware, mothers who lack sleep after giving birth are at risk of aging faster.
Quoting Suara.com, new mothers lack of sleep during the first year postpartum, triggering faster aging.
This is stated in the UCLA study published in the journal Sleep Health.
Scientists studied 33 mothers during pregnancy and the first year of their baby’s life.
The researchers analyzed DNA from blood samples to determine biological age.
They found that a year after giving birth, the biological age of mothers sleeping less than seven hours a night was three to seven years older than those who slept seven hours or more.
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Mothers who sleep less than seven hours have shorter telomeres in their white blood cells.
The tiny pieces of DNA at the ends of the chromosomes act as a protective cap.
Shortened telomeres have been linked to the risk of cancer, cardiovascular and other diseases.
The early months of postpartum sleep deprivation can have long-lasting effects on physical health, the study said.
We know from a large number of studies that sleeping less than seven hours a night is detrimental to health and increases the risk of age-related diseases, he added.
While the participants’ nighttime sleep ranged from five to nine hours, more than half slept less than seven hours, both six months and one year after delivery, the researchers reported.
We found each additional hour of sleep, the biological age of the mother was younger, the report explains.
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