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Right Amount of Sleep Vital for Long Life

by Kathy Jones on  September 11, 2010 at 11:37 AM Lifestyle News
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A group of British and Italian researchers suggest that getting the right amount of sleep each day is vital for a long and healthy life.
Right Amount of Sleep Vital for Long Life
Right Amount of Sleep Vital for Long Life

People who fail to sleep for at least six hours a day are at a greater risk of dying young since a number of vital bodily repairs are carried out during sleep.

While babies need up to 16 hours of sleep a day, teenagers require around 8 hours while adults should get at least six hours of sleep time.

When an adult fails to get the required amount of sleep, the risk of contracting minor and major illnesses increase since the level of immunity goes down. "Sleep debt can be cleared by catch-up naps; people often do that over the weekends. But sleep should be a consolidated episode during the night", Dr. Himanshu Garg of Medicity, Gurgaon said.

It is also thought that either excess or negligible amount of sleep signals ill health


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When we are low on sleep the hormones ghrelin and leptin become altered. When these hormones are out of sync we tend to have more food cravings and the "I’m full” signal to the brain is less. Because of this we crave more foods and when we actually eat, it takes more food to make us feel satisfied.

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