Sleeping in this habit can increase health risks: why specialists recommend avoiding it.
Going to bed should be the safest time of day. However, for millions of people, nighttime has become a silent, high-risk environment for the heart and brain.
The story of Roberto, a 68-year-old man, active, with no serious medical history, and seemingly healthy, starkly illustrates this. He died in his sleep, painlessly, without warning. The immediate cause was a massive heart attack, but the real trigger had been silently working for years during his nights.
This is not an isolated case. It reflects a combination of very common nighttime mistakes that, if repeated, can lead to heart attacks and strokes while we sleep.
Below, we break down the five most dangerous mistakes and, most importantly, what to do to avoid them.
