Sleep

Getting between 7-8 hours of sleep is ideal. When you sleep, your body restores itself, including your brain. It has been revealed that sleeping very little or too much, has been linked to obesity and diabetes. Dementia can also be brought on by little sleep or over-sleeping.

One thing that is often neglected about sleep is sleep cycles. A sleep cycle typically lasts 90 minutes, and it usually takes an adult human 15 minutes to fall asleep, therefore one should plan their sleep and wake-up times accordingly. In order to prevent being tired all day, make sure you do not wake up during your last sleep cycle, and you let that cycle finish.

Tips:
  • Be consistent. Sleep at the same time every night, and wake up the same time every morning.
  • Use Bedtime calculator to calculate when to sleep and wake-up.
  • An average human takes 15 minutes to fall asleep, so plan your sleep cycles accordingly.
  • A good night's sleep consists of 5-6 complete sleep cycles.


4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Now what's really cool is if you condition yourself to not require 8 hours of sleep, and only 2 hours of sleep. You have to make all your sleep REM sleep to do this of course. But you just have to stay awake for about 2 days then take a 30 minutes nap every 4 hours. This way you will get all the REM sleep you need and have a lot more time during the day.

Kiana said...

but you need more than just REM sleep. you also need non-REM sleep

Anonymous said...

FALSE. If you're done growing it's fine

Evan said...

Sleep Requirements for adults is 7 - 9 hours.

Studies show that people who get the appropriate amount of sleep on a regular basis tend to live longer, healthier lives than those who sleep too few or even too many hours each night. This underscores the importance of making sleep a top priority.

Source: http://www.better-sleep-better-life.com/benefits-of-sleep.html

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