Usenokungabi ngumntu othanda “ukuzilolonga kusasa”, ngoko ke ucinga ngokukhwela ibhayisekile ebusuku endaweni yoko, kodwa kwangaxeshanye usenokuba nexhala lokuba, ngaba ukukhwela ibhayisekile ngaphambi kokuba ulale kuya kuyichaphazela indlela olala ngayo?

Ukuqhuba ibhayisekile kusenokwenzeka ukuba kunokukunceda ulale ixesha elide kwaye kuphucule umgangatho wokulala, ngokutsho kophononongo olutsha kwi-Sleep Medicine Reviews.

Abaphandi bajonge izifundo ezili-15 ukuze babone imiphumo yokuzilolonga ngamandla ngexesha leeyure ezimbalwa zokulala kubantu abadala abancinci nabaphakathi. Bahlule idatha ngexesha baza bavavanya imiphumo yokuzilolonga iiyure ezingaphezu kwezimbini ngaphambi, kwiiyure ezimbini kwaye malunga neeyure ezimbini ngaphambi kokulala. Lilonke, ukuzilolonga ngamandla iiyure ezi-2-4 ngaphambi kokulala akuzange kuchaphazele ukulala ebusuku kubantu abadala abasempilweni, abancinci nabaphakathi. Ukuzilolonga rhoqo ebusuku akukuphazamisi ukulala ebusuku.

Bakwaqwalasele umgangatho wokulala kwabathathi-nxaxheba kunye namanqanaba abo okomelela komzimba — kuquka nokuba bebehlala phantsi okanye bezilolonga rhoqo. Ukuphelisa umthambo kwiiyure ezimbini ngaphambi kokulala kuye kwabonakala kuyindlela engcono yokunceda abantu balale ngokukhawuleza kwaye balale nzulu.

Ngokuphathelele uhlobo lomthambo, ukukhwela ibhayisekile kuyeyona nto iluncedo kakhulu kubathathi-nxaxheba, mhlawumbi kuba yayikukuzivocavoca umzimba, utshilo uGqr. Melodee Mograss, umphandi oncedisayo kwi-Executive Sleep Lab kwiYunivesithi yaseConcordia.

Uxelele imagazini iBicycling wathi: “Kufunyaniswe ukuba umthambo ofana nokukhwela ibhayisekile yeyona nto iluncedo ekulaleni. Kakade ke, kuxhomekeke ekubeni umntu uqhubeka nomthambo rhoqo kunye neshedyuli yokulala kwaye ulandela imikhwa emihle yokulala.”

Ngokuphathelele isizathu sokuba umthambo we-aerobic ube nefuthe elikhulu, uMograss wongeza ngelithi kukho ingcamango yokuba umthambo unyusa ubushushu bomzimba, wonyusa ukusebenza kakuhle kwe-thermoregulation, ngelixa umzimba uzipholisa ukuze ulinganisele ubushushu ukuze ukhululeke ngakumbi. Yindlela efanayo nokuhlamba umzimba ofudumeleyo ngaphambi kokulala ukuze ukuncede uphole ngokukhawuleza kwaye ulungele ukulala.