Less sleep is more?

[alwaysgrowing]

By LAURA BLUE
Tue Jun 10, 4:00 PM ET
Sleep is one of the richest topics in science today: why we need it, why it can be hard to get, and how that affects everything from our athletic performance to our income. Daniel Kripke, co-director of research at the Scripps Clinic Sleep Center in La Jolla, Calif., has looked at the most important question of all. In 2002, he compared death rates among more than 1 million American adults who, as part of a study on cancer prevention, reported their average nightly amount of sleep. To many his results were surprising, but they've since been corroborated by similar studies in Europe and East Asia. Kripke explains.

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Q: How much sleep is ideal?


A: Studies show that people who sleep between 6.5 hours and 7.5 hours a night, as they report, live the longest


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[Bouncer]

lifestyle, genetics, and nutrition are the determining factors i would think.

[Stonecold54]

my simplistic look at it is you need REST and you need ACTIVITY. too much of either one is not good for the body. pretty much like everything else in our world. moderation and a little bit of sense goes a long way.

[dna9488]

I get about 8-9hours a day....

[ROCKILLER]

bodybuilders arent in it to live longest. They dont eat the same amounts, they dont drink the same amounts of water, they don't even have the same amounts of hormones. Seems to make sense that to build muscle you would need more sleep than the average person.

[Gator_Mclusky]

If I can get one night a wk when I can sleep in the next day and I get 12 hrs sleep....Im a happy man!:dunno:

[Stonecold54]

bodybuilders arent in it to live longest. They dont eat the same amounts, they dont drink the same amounts of water, they don't even have the same amounts of hormones. Seems to make sense that to build muscle you would need more sleep than the average person.

or maybe work out less and more effeciently :D