Truth or Myth: Lack of Sleep Triggers Breast Cancer? | Uratex Blog

At some point in our lives, most of us have wondered if we can be a superhuman who can bypass sleeping and stay awake 24 hours a day. Some of us take sleeping for granted, thinking that it’s only a waste of time and treat it as an unproductive activity.  Both medical experts and loving parents are diligent to remind us that we need around 8 hours of sleep each day.  Do you follow this advice religiously? If not, you probably will be empowered to after reading the facts that I have to share with you.

We already know that sleeping gives us the necessary boost to improve alertness, enhance our memory, reduce unwanted weight, repair body cells, and extend life. Without getting the adequate number of hours of sleep, we make ourselves vulnerable to several kinds of diseases. These include risks of suffering a heart attack, stroke, memory gap, obesity, and cancer.

One of the most common types of cancer that develop in women is breast cancer, which can be caused by hormonal imbalance (estrogen), bad blood pressure, excessive smoking, abuse of alcohol, imbalanced medications, and many more. Among these, the lack of sleep is another culprit that could cause breast cancer in adults. The question is whether or not this is true. In this article, we’ll try to answer that based on recent studies.

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