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 ❤️
12 Comments
CorneliusTalmadge@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 90d
Not enough sleep - death
Too much sleep - death
Just the right amount of sleep - believe it or not also death.
Angryhumanoid@fedinsfw.app · 15 pts · 90d
Hmm, wouldn't it be more efficient to only sleep once every 3 days and just sleep for 21 hours? I'll try it and let you know.
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 6 pts · 90d
Could you ask the hatman to give me back my sanity when you see him?
Thanks.
ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 90d
Ah, a fellow traveller on the coffee and cocaine diet, I see. I'm just heading to bed, I'll be awake again in June.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 90d
If you sleep less than that on weekdays and more on weekends, does it average out?
village604@adultswim.fan · 2 pts · 90d
Kinda. You do accumulate sleep debt.
YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 90d
Nope. Google “sleep camel”
devfuuu@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 90d
Normie numbers. All my homies follow a strict sleep diet of 3 to 4h during the week and the classical 12h to 14h during the weekend. Probably averages out to early death too 😎
Admetus@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 90d
So much for beauty sleep...
Stupendous@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 90d
When I think of people I know that actually sleep more than 8 hours, they're really overweight. Like you can hear them snoring all throughout the day
sparkyshocks@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 90d
That...sounds like they're not actually sleeping those hours.
FlowerFan@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 89d
I sleep 9 hours and my BMI is so critically underweight it tells me to go visit doctors.