….”Additionally, as I showed in a recent article on the importance of sleep, poor sleep is immensely damaging to cardiovascular health and those effects extended to blood pressure (e.g., one study found a single night of partial sleep deprivation raised SBP [systolic blood pressure] by 6, another found SBP raised by 6 and DBP by 3 while a third study found it raised SBP 4.5 and DBP by 2.6 alongside using fMRI imaging to show it also impaired the brain’s control of blood vessel function).”
“Likewise, I’ve previously discussed how:
•A chemical imbalance from low serotonin was never linked to depression (in fact patients who commit suicide are found to have elevated brain serotonin).
•Acid reflux is due to too little acid in the stomach (as acidity gives the stomach’s opening the signal to close). However, in medical school, we are always taught it is due to too much acidity.
•”Sleeping” pills are actually sedatives that block the restorative phase of the sleep cycle.
Each of these drugs in turn is immensely harmful to their users, but due to how effectively these myths were established (just like “safe and effective”) they continued to be used by large numbers of people and harm them.“
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Cari