Monday, July 28, 2014

Could 7 hours of sleep be better than 8?

We were all raised with a few universal health tenets. An apple a day keeps the scary doctors away, you better stay out of that swimming pool if you ate lunch less than an hour ago and eight hours of Zzzzs constitutes a full night’s rest. Duh, right?
Well, several sleep studies are questioning the whole eight hours thing—and it taking a step further to say that seven hours of sleep may be the ideal amount. (We’ll have to address apples and swimming on a full tummy in another post!)...
Reposted by:
Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D.
Licensed Psychologist
Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D., LLC.
Offices: Sarasota, FL and Venice, FL


No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.