More Than This Many Hours of Sleep Is Linked to Early Death, Scientists Find

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47500839

Always had a feeling this was true: Sleep the right amount, live longer, sleep the wrong amount, age faster!

"...scientists narrowed down a “sweet spot” of between 6.4 and 7.8 hours of sleep per night. Sleep durations that fall too much on either side of that, the study found, were associated with accelerated aging." (For some it's 4, for some 9 though)

Just thought I would share this, as it seems important to all of us who don't love aging ❤️

More Than This Many Hours of Sleep Is Linked to Early Death, Scientists Find

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kibblebits

quokk.au

My god ban this spammer

raqqed

lemmy.dbzer0.com

tldr:

In a study published in the journal Nature, scientists narrowed down a “sweet spot” of between 6.4 and 7.8 hours of sleep per night. Sleep durations that fall too much on either side of that, the study found, were associated with accelerated aging.

“I would treat this as guidance,” Wen told WaPo. “The key point is consistent sleep time, around 6 to 8 hours per day. We know that’s going to do good for your overall health.”

CmdrShepard49

sh.itjust.works

"We thought this young guy had been sleeping for the past 36 hours but it turns out he was dead"

Headline: "more than this many hours of sleep is linked to early death"