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Wasn't the consensus that 7h sleep was the best for lifespan and more or less than that lead du decreased life span?
by wellboy 9y ago
Wasn't the consensus that 7h sleep was the best for lifespan and more or less than that lead du decreased life span?
- transverse 9y agoYes, but that requires more time in bed than 7h. It would require I'd say 7.5h in bed.
- cxseven 9y agoThere was never a conclusion that certain sleep lengths lead to decreased life span, only a correlation. The causal link has been suggested to be the reverse - that sick people tend to stay in bed longer because they're sick. I believe I saw a recent article that even said that the popular takeaway that avoiding "oversleep" is healthy is the opposite of reality, because extended sleep is actually a healing mechanism.