Friday, March 09, 2007

Sleeping for long stretches at a time

Dawn prayer best prevention against heart diseases: Study
Web posted at: 3/9/2007 3:50:31
Source ::: QNA
DOHA • Recent scientific researches reveal that performing Fajr prayer regularly in time daily, is the best preventive and remedial measure for heart diseases, congestion of blood vessels-arteriosclerosis- and cardiac infarction which causes brain stroke.

A research conducted by the Jordanian heart doctors society said the studies established that cardiac infarction disease which is one of the most dangerous diseases and congestion of blood vessels is mainly caused by long hours of sleep in the day or night.

The study showed if a person slept for long, rate of his heart beats drop to 50 beats per minute and when the rate of heart beats drop blood flows very slowly in vessels leading to accumulation of salts and fats on walls of blood vessels in wall of the coronary artery consequently causing a blockage.

The congestions of blood vessels weaken the heart muscle which pumps blood to and from the brain leading to heart attack and or deadly brain stroke in most cases.

The study stressed necessity of refrain from long periods of sleep and get a sleep not exceeding more than four hours after which it is important to get up and do an action effort for 15 minutes at the least.

The performance of -dawn prayer every day in the first hours of the day with congregation in the mosque provides that preventive and remedial measure against heart diseases.
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(NOTE: I need to sleep for lesser hours, for sure. Inshallah!

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