What side of the bed you sleep on may be dictated by marital status, but what side of your body you sleep on may give clues about heart and digestive health. According to a 2003 study in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology, people with congestive heart failure may tend to sleep on their right side.
The findings were in keeping with the concept that a left-hand position “may exert deleterious effects” on heart pressure, cardiac output or the functioning of cardiac nerves and thus “may be a protective strategy,” researchers said, adding that the position choice might arise from discomfort from perceiving a stronger heartbeat.
A 1994 study from The Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, found that sleeping on the right may increase GERD.
Now, I'm a left-sided sleeper, but for a different reason. It's a little weird, but if I sleep on my right side, I tend to have vivid, nightmarrish dreams. Dreams on my left side tend to be happy dreams. I always figured it had to do with blood supply to the brain.
Now I've heard that eating spicy foods can elicit nightmares in some. Maybe, because I like spicy food, it digests better when I lay on my left. Maybe laying on the left helps to prevent GERD which may be perceived by the subconscious as fear and anger which could get morphed into bad dreams. But that's just me, maybe it is just the opposite for people with congestive heart failure.
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The findings were in keeping with the concept that a left-hand position “may exert deleterious effects” on heart pressure, cardiac output or the functioning of cardiac nerves and thus “may be a protective strategy,” researchers said, adding that the position choice might arise from discomfort from perceiving a stronger heartbeat.
A 1994 study from The Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, found that sleeping on the right may increase GERD.
Now, I'm a left-sided sleeper, but for a different reason. It's a little weird, but if I sleep on my right side, I tend to have vivid, nightmarrish dreams. Dreams on my left side tend to be happy dreams. I always figured it had to do with blood supply to the brain.
Now I've heard that eating spicy foods can elicit nightmares in some. Maybe, because I like spicy food, it digests better when I lay on my left. Maybe laying on the left helps to prevent GERD which may be perceived by the subconscious as fear and anger which could get morphed into bad dreams. But that's just me, maybe it is just the opposite for people with congestive heart failure.
Posted by linda http://massage.largeheartedboy.com/
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