Regularly sleeping long hours each night is associated with higher levels of an Alzheimer's-related protein in the blood, even after accounting for other health factors
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Lettuce is bad for you. Air is bad for you. Sleep is bad for you. I'm rooting for exercise to be next.
Nice try Boss, im still not working overtime.
Sleep is good! Get eight to nine hours! Just kidding. Sleep is bad!
Wtf everything is trying to kill us and now you're trying to take away our respite?
All things in moderation. Drinking water can kill you if you drink more than the recommended amount in a day. No water = you die. Couple litres a day = great. 6 litres+ = you die.
This article talks about 10+ hours correlating with bad things, it's affirming 8 hours is good similarly. 6 hours = bad brain, 8 hours = great. > 10 hours = bad brain.
The participants in this study had an average age of 70 years old.
Every Human is an individual. News like this is just a general guideline. Every Human has different requirements. Do what works best for you.
A lot of people not reading the article but it's basically confirming you should really try to get around 8 hours of sleep a night average.