Waking up early is good for health because?

Answer 1

There's nothing special about waking up early except for beating the morning rush traffic or having more time for things like a decent breakfast. The amount of sleep required to promote good health varies from individual to individual. Generally very young children require a lot of sleep as they burn lots of energy simply growing and developing. (That's one reason why we still have nap time in kindergarten). Teens frequently need supplemental naps for the same reason as they experience periods of rapid growth. By the time we reach our fifties our bodies seem to slow down and we require less and less total sleep to remain healthy, refreshed and alert. With that said, it is more important to our health to listen to our individual bio-rhythm, meaning that we usually feel better when we regulate our schedules so that we retire and arise at about the same time every day. In that way we train our bodies to expect that period of rest and recovery. Some people even find that when they regulate their sleep time they often awake ahead of their alarm going off. It is important to note that if you go to bed at about the same time each night, sleep for the recommended 7-8 hours and get up at about the same time each morning without feeling fully rested: it's time to investigate why. Reasons range from poor sleeping conditions (temperature, humidity, condition of mattress, etc.) to sleep apnoea. This condition affects far more people in some form than have been officially diagnosed, and can result in long term health issues including but not limited to cardiac irregularities, and chronic sleep deprivation - a condition suspected as a root cause in many traffic accidents and industrial accidents. So, it's not a matter of early waking being good for you - it's a matter of getting the good rest you need.