How to sleep to people of different ages

Are You Getting Enough Sleep? Find out how much sleep you need to newborns, infants, toddlers, preschoolers, scholars, adolescents, young people, adults and the elderly. His research verified the opinion of the staff of Harvard University are divided.

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And really, why spend about a third of his life in a dream, if the "lost" time can be put to good use? For example, declare the grid: «Go! I created! ". Or read a summary. In the first case we play, and relax the brain, while the second - enriching it. It would seem that profit! But The science of sleep He says the opposite: lack of sleep does not give the brain a good rest and leads to cognitive decline, deterioration of reaction and memory lapses.

The situation is exacerbated due to the fact that people can not soberly assess the weakening of their mental and physical abilities, believing that they are in optimal condition. Thus, a person begins to lose enough sleep competitive advantage at least to the same are themselves but normally asleep. Lost hours of sleep will certainly have a negative impact on both the professional and private life of each person.

Surely you've heard that sleep rate for an adult is around 7-8 hours daily. Is it really? Maybe you need to add a little or, conversely, to take away? And how much you need to sleep in childhood, adolescence and adolescence? The answers to these questions are presented in a detailed study of the US National Sleep Foundation (National Sleep Foundation, USA), a non-profit organization with a 25 year history of the study related to sleep phenomena.

A group of 18 researchers studied more than 300 (!) Of scientific works in the field of sleep and made on their basis a number of conclusions about the normal rest.

This is the first time that any professional organization has developed age recommendations on sleep duration on the basis of rigorous systematic review of international scientific literature on the effects of sleep duration to health, productivity and security.

Kzeysler Charles (Charles Czeisler), a professor at Harvard Medical School

As expected, the younger the person, the greater the amount of sleep needed his body to rest. For example, newborns need to sleep up to 2/3 days, while the elderly will be enough and seven hours.

Report by Charles and his colleagues confirmed earlier voiced frame in the 7-9 hours of sleep daily. Of course, this figure averaged, which some seem too exaggerated, such as supporters polyphasic sleep. But science does not have reliable information confirming the safety of such techniques relaxation.

But scientists say boldly that too much sleep is harmful. Stick to the rules, and your remaining 15-17 waking hours will be held under the sign of quality, benefit and enjoyment!

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