Research published in the January edition of the FASEB Journal demonstrated that smoking cigarettes could be linked and responsible for prevent a good night’s sleep. That might sound mundane at first thought but lack of sleep is the first step towards very serious mood disorders. Lacking a full night of sleep can cause anxiety and depression among many other mood ailments and cognitive decline. With so many suffering from irregular clocks to insomnia have had a hard battle and tried everything from daily exercise to sleeping pills. With this new discovery, there is yet another reason to quit smoking.
The research demonstrated that smoking disrupts the body clock of mice through both the brain by depressing brain activity levels, and lungs by causing inflammation. A reduction of the SIRTUIN1 molecule caused by smoking tobacco was found and in direct relation, caused protein levels responsible for your body’s clock to alter. The same reduction of SIRTUIN1 and level changes of the BMAL1 protein was found in humans as well and found responsible for resetting and disrupting your sleeping clock.
The study conducted on a group of mice also determined the effects present in the short term and long term over a period of 6 months. . A second group of mice exposed to clean air had not suffered the same side effects, and having results both in short and long term helped the researchers to draw more certainty from the data. The good news is that the negative effect can be reversed, by simply removing toxic smoke from your life and the aid of a pharmaceutical activator of the protein. This research will possibly lead to treatment options to help repair and treat brain and lung dysfunctions found in smokers. With that said, there is no better remedy than that of prevention.
The breakthrough can come to help to millions across the world that suffer from similar sleep disorders and with all the serious short term and long term problems that develop from it. Quit smoking and you will shortly start sleeping better. As if your health and well-being was not enough, sleep is now added to the list of issues that will be extremely difficult to be in control of, unless you give up tobacco smoking. Your health is also your freedom, and if your clock is disrupted while you are reading this, let us tell you that it is never too late. Quitting is never an easy task but if you have yet to try e-cigarettes, it may be the best step to take towards a smoke free life.