We have always had an old saying, it is called “work from day to day, rest from sunset”. But now, staying up late has become the norm for many people. If you don’t believe me, ask the young people in the family: How has your sleep been in the past week? Did you stay up late?
Or some elderly people have not completely escaped the clutches of [staying up late]-isn’t it just after the Olympics, staying up late to add oil to China (playing mahjong incidentally) is inevitable.
However, staying up late to disturb the biological clock will bring some damage to the body. The latest research shows that staying up late to disturb the biological clock will also increase the risk of cancer.
There is an invisible [clock] in the human body, which cycles about 24 hours and adjusts the time of falling asleep and waking up according to the light and shade of the environment.
Staying up late disturbs the biological clock and increases the risk of cancer.
Scientists divided the mice into two groups. One group received normal light and the other group received more bright light, just like the biological clock disorder caused by staying up late.
The results showed that mice that received more bright light (disturbing the biological clock) grew faster and had higher malignancy (invasiveness).
This is because the biological clock disorder will lead to damage to two tumor suppressor genes, thus stimulating tumor growth.
Genes have the final say in this matter.
The occurrence of tumors is controlled by a pair of [twin brothers]: proto-oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes.
Proto-oncogenes, as the name implies, are genes that may stimulate cell canceration potential.
Tumor suppressor genes, also known as tumor suppressor genes, are [good things] and can inhibit tumor production.
In fact, proto-oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes in human body are normal genes in human body and have very important physiological functions.
However, when the human body is affected by [carcinogenic] factors, such as unhealthy lifestyle and exposure to chemical carcinogens, proto-oncogenes may be activated, tumor suppressor genes may also be lost, and cancer cells may be generated.
The latest research just mentioned is that the bad habit of staying up late leads to the weakening of the function of tumor suppressor genes, thus promoting the occurrence of tumors.
Don’t let your family stay up late again!
People may have doubts as to whether the research on mice is suitable for human beings. In fact, there have been large-scale population studies before, which have proved that biological clock disorders increase the risk of cancer.
For example, there is a study in Canada, which shows that women who work night shifts for more than 30 years have a tripling risk of breast cancer.
In fact, staying up late will also cause a series of other health problems:
Night shift is easy to be sad. Boston scientists studied 190,000 nurses who were previously healthy for 30 years and finally found that nurses who worked long shifts of night shift increased the risk of coronary heart disease. People who slept shorter were prone to coronary heart disease, stroke and other diseases.
Staying up late can also cause vision loss, memory loss, headache, insomnia, skin damage, depression, etc. It may also reduce immunity and lead to easier exchange of other diseases.
Try to stay up late as little as possible, go to bed early and get up early, and give the body the most regular work and rest time. Besides, [not staying up late] this matter requires family and friends to come together-after all, one has nothing to do with staying up late alone, so one has to pull more people, doesn’t it?