This Is How Much You Should Sleep To Be Healthy

Nowadays physical fitness is one of the main concerns among people. Mostly, our younger generation dedicates a lot of time doing physical exercises and hitting gyms to keep themselves in shape.

However, it is not enough to do physical exercises to keep oneself healthy. A healthy person is not who keeps oneself in shape. Rather a healthy person always focuses on mental fitness as much as on physical fitness.

One should always invest their time in eating healthy food, doing regular exercise or Yoga, and take rest. The latter one is indeed one of the most important keys to remaining healthy.

It is not surprising to say that sleep is a vital element to keep oneself healthy. Your sleeping routing and sleeping hours determine your health level.

Recently, National Sleep Foundation conducted a survey to find out how many hours of sleep is necessary to be healthy.

According to the results, enough sleep and rest are extremely important to rejuvenate your mental and physical health.

Consequences of lack of sleep-

If you don’t have a good night’s sleep, you wake up exhausted in the morning as well. Your health and efficiency at work simultaneously decrease.  It not only causes physical tiredness but also leads to a lack of appetite, difficulty in thinking clearly. Making decisions and concentration seems to be the most difficult tasks for you.

According to the experts, if you sleep less than 5 hours, then you could suffer from many sleep disorders, diabetes, heart diseases, obesity, weight gain etc. Therefore, it is necessary to know how much hours of sleep you need to remain physically and mentally sound.

Here are the recommended sleeping hours-

Charles Czeisler, a professor at Harvard University conducted a research to find out the exact amount of sleep that is necessary.

The study continued for a decade between 2004 to 2014. They evaluated the objectives and discovered the right amount of time that will not affect one’s health in a negative manner.

These are the recommended hours according to the different stages of development-

• Newborn (0 to 3 months): 14 to 17 hours.
• Babies (4 to 11 months): 12 to 15 hours.
• Children (1-2 years): 11 to 14 hours.
• Preschool (3-5 years): 10 to 13 hours.
• School age (6-13 years): 9 to 11 hours.
• Teens (14 to 17) : 8 to 10 hours.
• Youth (18-25 years): 7 to 9 hours.
• Adults (26-64 years): 7 to 9 hours.
• Seniors (over 65 years): 7 to 8 hours

These are the generalized results. Anyone’s sleeping hours could differ according to their bodies. But less than these could pose a great threat to your health.

Stay healthy! 

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