A lot of people underestimate the effect their sleep has on their bodily functions. Without getting enough or the right quality of sleep, our circadian rhythms can suffer and affect most of our organs in turn. According to a study conducted by Baylor College of Medicine, liver cancer rates have tripled since the 1980s, and they believe sleep deprivation is to blame. When the lack of adequate sleep goes on for long enough, they found that gene expression can be affected, which is where cancer can be caused.
Key Takeaways:
- Recent studies have shown that more than 80 percent of the population in the United States adopt a lifestyle that leads to chronic disruption in their sleep schedules
- it’s apparent that humans have a similar risk of liver damage and potentially liver cancer when their sleep patterns are routinely disrupted
- the body’s “master clock,” which regulates the circadian rhythms in both tissues and organs throughout the body, basically stops functioning when normal sleep patterns are disrupted
““Liver cancer is on the rise worldwide, and in human studies we’ve now seen that patients can progress from fatty liver disease to liver cancer without any middle steps such as cirrhosis,” he’s quoted as saying.”
http://www.naturalnews.com/2016-12-07-chronic-sleep-disruption-can-give-you-cancer.html