Firstbeat study reveals TUESDAY is when we get the best night’s sleep
- Conclusion drawn after analysis of of heart rate data from 5,000 people
- Tuesday night’s slumber is less likely to be interrupted by alcohol, rich food or other excesses that are more common later in the week
- The data also revealed women sleep longer – but men sleep more soundly
Fiona Macrae Science Editor For The Daily Mail
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The working week has only just started and you have 101 things to do. But take heart because you will sleep well tomorrow
Britons sleep best on Tuesday nights, research shows.
Analysis of heart rate data collected from almost 5,000 men and women showed that while Tuesday night’s sleep isn’t the longest, it is the most restorative.
It isn’t clear why but it is possible we feel we can relax after conquering the first two days of the working week.
Plus, a Tuesday night’s slumber is less likely to be interrupted by alcohol, rich food or other excesses that are more common later in the week.
While Tuesday night’s sleep isn’t the longest, it is the most restorative, analysis of heart rate data collected from almost 5,000 men and women showed
The find comes an analysis of more than a billion readings collected by heart monitors worn by 4,866 men and women round the clock for three consecutive days during the past decade.
In one of the biggest studies of its kind, the volunteers also provided information on their sleep times and how stressed they felt.
As might be expected, the men and women slept longest at the weekend, clocking up almost half an hour more in bed on Friday and Saturday nights than during the week.
However, this sleep was of lower quality, with substantially less time spent in ‘recovery state’ than earlier in the week.
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This sort of sleep is said to be particularly restorative and is characterised by a drop in blood pressure and stress hormones and a change in way the heart beats.
While a stressed heart beats at regular intervals, a relaxed one alternates between fast and slow bursts.
Just 48 per cent of Saturday’s night and 48.7 per cent of Friday night’s sleep revitalises the body and brain – compared to a healing high of 55.1 per cent on Tuesdays.
Monday nights are also restful, with 54.6 per cent of sleep deemed to be rejuvenating, the data from Finnish analytics company Firstbeat.
The researchers said boozy weekends are likely to be to blame for the end of week dip.
Simon Shepard, of Optima-Life, the UK distributor for the 50p-sized heart monitors, said: ‘There is a big difference between rest and restoration.
‘People rest for a lot longer during the weekend but perhaps they are out partying and letting their hair down and their bodies don’t physiologically recover.
The data also revealed women sleep longer – but men sleep more soundly. The typical female studied got 7 hours and 34 minutes of sleep a night – 11 minutes more than the man in her life
‘On Mondays and Tuesdays, your energy levels may still be high after the weekend.
‘And while you may still be sociable, you may be sociable in a different way, going to a book group rather than down the pub.’
The data also revealed women sleep longer – but men sleep more soundly.
The typical female studied got 7 hours and 34 minutes of sleep a night – 11 minutes more than the man in her life.
However, just 49 per cent of female sleep is spent in recovery mode, compared to 54.5 per cent for males.
The women studied also said the felt more stressed and were less likely to believe they got enough sleep.
Mr Shepard said women’s sleep may suffer from the strain of juggling working and family life.
Other possible reasons include women being more likely to sacrifice sleep for their other half and the monthly cycle of a woman’s hormones disturbing sleep.
The figures echo previous data from Cambridge University, which found women spend longer in bed than men but sleep less.
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