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 ❤️

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[–] 3 points 5 months ago

I feel like this is definitely the other way around

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    [–] 31 points 5 months ago

    Not enough sleep - death

    Too much sleep - death

    Just the right amount of sleep - believe it or not also death.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    scientists narrowed down a “sweet spot” of between 6.4 and 7.8 hours of sleep per night

    If you sleep less than that on weekdays and more on weekends, does it average out?

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago*

    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 😎

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    So much for beauty sleep...

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    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

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    [–] 19 points 5 months ago*

    Wow this must be the most clickbait title I've ever seen. Less than 6.4, more than 7.8 is associated with faster aging. Saved you a click.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I think this is another case of correlation vs. causation. If you're sleeping too little or too much, I'd say it can correlate with a metric fuck ton of other health issues ("metric fuck ton" being an industry term).

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    Yep, like how people who drink a lot of diet soda have higher rates of heart issues, which gets interpreted as "diet soda leads to heart issues" instead of "weight issues lead to heart issues, people who have weight issues drink more diet soda."

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    [–] 10 points 5 months ago

    My god ban this spammer

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago*

    tldr:

    In a study published in the journal Nature, 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.

    “I would treat this as guidance,” Wen told WaPo. “The key point is consistent sleep time, around 6 to 8 hours per day. We know that’s going to do good for your overall health.”

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago*

    "We thought this young guy had been sleeping for the past 36 hours but it turns out he was dead"

    Headline: "more than this many hours of sleep is linked to early death"

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    [–] 16 points 5 months ago

    Jesus that's one of the worst click bait titles I've ever seen.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    Shit article

    7.8 hours

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    [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Power naps are the new cigarettes.

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