ATTENTION: Do You Know How Much Sleep You Need According To Your Age?

It is a well known fact that a good night’s rest is extremely important for our overall health. In fact, proper sleeping will help us be more productive during the day and we will finish our obligations without any problems.

We all should get a good night’s rest, especially people who are dealing with chronic diseases. Another very important thing is to know how many hours we should sleep according to our age.

The National Sleep Foundation has updated its guidelines on how many hours of sleep people need, adding age brackets and widening the acceptable ranges of sleep every night for most existing age groups. Due to the fact that this is the total sleep you will get throughout a 24-hour period, even a 30 minute nap will be counted as well.

Here’s the new recommendations, based your age:

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• Newborns (0-3 months): 14-17 hours (range narrowed from 12-18)
• Infants (4-11 months): 12-15 hours (range widened from 14-15)
• Toddlers (1-2 years): 11-14 hours (range widened from 12-14)
• Preschoolers (3-5): 10-13 hours (range widened from 11-13)
• School-Age Children (6-13): 9-11 hours (range widened from 10-11)
• Teenagers (14-17): 8-10 hours (range widened from 8.5-9.5)
• Young Adults (18-25): 7-9 hours (new age category)
• Adults (26-64): 7-9 hours (no change)
• Older Adults (65+): 7-8 hours (new age category)

The Dangers of Lack of Sleep

Lack of sleep is very dangerous because it can lead to numerous health issues such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, etc. this is the main reason why you should change your habits if you have sleeping problems Below are 6 reasons why you should pay close attention to your sleeping habits:

• Depression

Depressed people either sleep all the time or suffer from insomnia. Around 15{96b8f52e9e734dc4449186c08df6bee533797ee5e9b2e7d28956124720fc2530} of people dealing with depression are sleeping all the time.

• Headaches

Chronic sleeping leads to chronic headaches. Moreover, it also damages certain neurotransmitters like serotonin which leads to poor quality of sleep during the night and headaches during the day.

• Diabetes

Oversleeping can cause type 2 diabetes because it reduces the ability of your body to process glucose. People who sleep less or more than the recommended time, usually develop impaired tolerance to glucose and diabetes compared to those who sleep normal.

• Back pain

People who oversleep are more prone to back pain because it weakens the muscles on your back and as a result of that, you won’t be able to move or stand up.

• Obesity

Oversleeping can cause obesity because staying for too long in bad will mix your metabolism, so instead of using energy, you will store it. People who slept for ten hours a night were more likely to become obese 6 years afterwards than those who slept 8 hours.

• Heart disease

Those who slept for 11 hours were more likely to suffer from coronary heart disease than those who slept for 8 hours.