mydoghasocd t1_isw87m2 wrote
Reply to comment by DJSnafu in Older people who get five hours of sleep a night or less may face a far greater risk of developing two or more chronic illnesses, such as heart disease, cancer or diabetes, compared to people who sleep longer by Wagamaga
Yes, napping longer than 60 minutes is associated with increased all cause mortality https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1389945720303658
DJSnafu t1_iswzh34 wrote
God damn, its a miracle I'm still alive going by those two studies. Appreciate the replies, even if they're very depressing!
mydoghasocd t1_isxrjz8 wrote
First step is identifying there’s an issue !
DJSnafu t1_isydmh8 wrote
For sure. Just very tough, I've struggled with more than 5 hours of sleep since I was around 11 and I'm 41 now. Been awake since 6am today (4.5 hours of sleep at night) and your comment this morning has prevented from my daynap today:D Thank you again for taking the time to reply.
mydoghasocd t1_isyxoa1 wrote
Well, there are some strategies to help with sleeping longer at night. You could read The Circadian Code, which covers a lot of these, although the most important things are 1) not napping during the day, 2) having a set wake up time, 3) don’t eat anything or drink alcohol for 2-3 hours before bed, 4) no caffeine after noon, and 5) increasing your physical activity. I will note that even though everyone consistently finds dramatic effects of sleep on overall health, that actually the most important thing you can possibly do for your health is regular physical activity, the next most important thing is eating a Mediterranean diet (or similar), and then sleep is after that, followed by other general health tweaking behaviors (e.g., fasting, meditation, reducing stress/anxiety). But the most important predictor of health is regular physical activity. So if you just can’t optimize your sleep even after trying everything, instead of stressing about sleep, you should just focus on exercising. And if you exercise enough, it'll probably fix your sleep problem anyway.
TLTAGL t1_itbnsbj wrote
I Thought that it was 30 minutes… Thx for that information
mydoghasocd t1_itc9ahv wrote
It might be. I’m not sure what the consensus is, just that some studies use 60 as the cutiff
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