Increase Health Risks by Rising Before 5 A.M.

Getting out of bed before 5 a.m. is said to be bad for your health, according to a study in Japan that found early risers have a higher risk of medical conditions that can lead to heart attack and stroke.

People who consistently rise before 5 a.m. have a 1.7 times greater risk of high blood pressure. Early birds are also twice as likely to develop hardening of the arteries compared to those who get up two to three hours later, researchers in Kyoto found.

A study of approximately 3,017 healthy adults between the ages 23 to 90 revealed that a possible link between vascular disease and early birds who began the day with vigorous exercise exist.

According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular disease, which includes heart attack, stroke and hypertension, is the biggest cause of death worldwide. The World Health Organization estimated that approximately 20 million people may die from cardiovascular disease every year by 2015, compared to the 17.5 million fatalities predicted a decade earlier.

This study’s health risks results were presented at the Fifth Congress of the World Federation of Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine Societies, in Cairns, Australia, last week.

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