How much should you sleep a day: without extremes

We are impressed by the information about how many Napoleon slept. Some people dream of an extra hour of sleep in the morning, and some can not force themselves to get up even after they slept more than 9 hours. So how much should you sleep after all?

If you turn to Orthodox asceticism, you can see that it is recommended to spend 4-5 hours on sleep. However, it is more the norm for a student on the night before the exam, and not the number of hours of sleep for normal health. In principle, people are able to sleep so much, but this is the limit of opportunities. In general, asceticism was created primarily for monks, and not for people in the world, so I give this example only for reference. If you need to work at night, 4-5 hours of sleep is the minimum required. Night without sleep can be allowed no more than once a month (as German scientists say). Therefore, all types of night work - a very unhealthy practice.

In Soviet times, the medical standard was the "law of three eights." This means, sleep, work and have to rest for 8 hours a day. A reasonable rule, but not everyone can afford to rest for so long. And 8 hours of sleep - a luxury. Although if you live like this, then the state of health will be very good. That is, it is a law for those who can afford to regulate their own schedule, for example, freelancers.

Although how many need to sleep per day, ultimately solves each individually, on average, women need 1-2 hours more sleep than men. So the female brain is arranged. By the way, sleep is a special state of the brain's work, a special regime, at this time information is analyzed and reorganized, while layers of information are formed in the long-term memory. So if you do not get enough sleep, the memory problems will start. Therefore, students are better off not scoffing at their brains at frequent night parties. Otherwise, the productivity of the work will drop, and even the time for study will not be enough.

How much sleep do you need for a cheerful mood? A classic recommendation is a minimum of 7 hours for a man and 7.5 hours for a woman. Although the experiment conducted in Oxford on the honors students says that regardless of gender, ideal students sleep 7 hours and a quarter. But this norm can not be recommended to everyone, because elite students were chosen for the study, which may differ from the average person in terms of intensity of the ongoing nervous processes and productivity.

But we need to discuss the second side of the norm of sleep. Yes, it is undesirable to sleep more than 9 hours. If you are already sleeping more, this may indicate the onset of diabetes. If you sleep very long at the weekend, under the condition of a normal sleep for a week, you need to contact an endocrinologist to check the condition of the pancreas and thyroid gland. By the way, those who sleep for a long time tend to be obese for several times more often. Of course, there is no direct dependence, just a long sleep signals the abnormality of the processes in the body. And it's not laziness, but just the state of the body. It is clear that most adults are able to force themselves to rise in the morning to work. We "give" the duration of sleep on weekends and on vacation.

Whether it is necessary to sleep in the afternoon? If there is such an opportunity, it's worth it. And you need to sleep not after dinner, but after four hours. Optimum - two hours. Personally, I feel very good when I sleep 5 hours at night and then two hours in the afternoon. Then, after sleep, my working capacity rises sharply and after 6 I feel great. At the same time, there is no impossibility to fall asleep at midnight. It's just a personal experience, how much to sleep personally to you, you will decide only. There are always lifestyle features that need to be considered.

How long does it take to feel good? Hours 7-9, and this clock can be divided into 2 or even 3 intervals. If you can sleep during the day, do not neglect it.