{"id":10713,"date":"2022-12-08T23:08:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T23:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/cardiologist-psa-dont-ignore-this-heart-disease-risk-factor\/"},"modified":"2022-12-08T23:08:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T23:08:05","slug":"cardiologist-psa-dont-ignore-this-heart-disease-risk-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/cardiologist-psa-dont-ignore-this-heart-disease-risk-factor\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiologist PSA: Don’t Ignore This Heart Disease Risk Factor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When you sleep, you give your body a chance to repair itself. In the hours we spend snoozing, our brains clear out abnormal proteins, our heart rates gradually slow, and we undergo cellular repair and rejuvenation. Our mitochondria\u2014our body’s energy generators\u2014also recover from the day. If these mitochondria aren’t given adequate time to recharge, board-certified cardiologist\u00a0Michael Twyman, M.D. explained on a recent episode of the mindbodygreen podcast, our risk of heart disease skyrockets.<\/p>\n
“If you don’t heal your mitochondria at night, it almost doesn’t matter how well you eat or how much you exercise; your body has broken mitochondrial engines, and you’re not going to make energy as efficiently,” Twyman said.<\/p>\n
Getting a solid night’s sleep can also reduce other cardiovascular risk factors such as chronic inflammation3