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Summary: 7 hours of sleep is ideal; +/- 1 hour of sleep is related to increased risk of death. Everything else in the article seemed to be a lot of assumption
by blunte 8y ago
Summary: 7 hours of sleep is ideal; +/- 1 hour of sleep is related to increased risk of death.
Everything else in the article seemed to be a lot of assumption and guessing about why people got more or less sleep.
Perhaps the article poorly represented the content of the study...
- samsolomon 8y agoI wonder if too much or too little sleep as a symptom of illness was taken into account here? It doesn't seem like the article addresses that question.
- smartbit 8y agoAccording to a military study referenced by William Dement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hAw1z8GdE8?t=29m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hAw1z8GdE8?t=29m it is 8h:15m +- 50min
- blunte 8y agoI like this number better :). 7h is ok for me, but 8 feels so much better.
- darksaints 8y agoAnecdotally, I used to feel extremely tired all the time, which I remedied by trying to get more sleep than the average...usually between 8 and 9 hours. I still felt tired. However, since being diagnosed with sleep apnea and treated via CPAP, I physically can't sleep longer than 7.
- blunte 8y agoTrue, if your "sleep" time isn't actually rest, it doesn't count as sleep. Sleep apnea, as well as other sources of disruption, prevent one from getting the natural complete deep sleep cycles. I think a lot of people don't realize when they have something like this... it's usually a partner who finally complains.