Tell Me How Much You Sleep? And I Will Tell You How Long You Can Live

Many successful characters say that one of their keys is not to sleep or do it for every few hours, because, this only result in wasting their time. However, science has another thing to tell us about this ' habit.'

Matthew Walker, a professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of Berkeley, in the United States, explains why you should put aside the idea that sleeping too little is the best.

All Studios told the same thing: the shorter your dream, the shorter your life will be. So if you want to reach old age and stay healthy as long as possible, you should invest in a good night's sleep.

In fact, sleeping is so beneficial that Professor Walker has begun to pressure doctors to prescribe it. However, it has to happen naturally. Many studies link sleeping pills with an increased risk of cancer, infection, and mortality.

Many of the diseases we suffer have a significant link to lack of sleep. For example, Alzheimer's, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, diabetes, depression, anxiety and even suicide.

How Much Should You Sleep?

The recommended by the specialist is from 7 to 9 hours. If you sleep less than seven hours, your immune system and your cognitive performance will begin to be affected.
After being awake 20 hours, you will be as impeded as if you were drunk. One of the problems with lack of sleep is that at the moment you do not realize the damage it causes.

Why Do We Sleep Less Despite The Advice?

If we sleep less, it is harder for us to enter the REM phase (Rapid Eye Movement), the cycle in which we dream. Interfering with the REM phase is very harmful, as it affects our creativity and mental health.
However, despite the recommendations, it is inevitable to sleep less, mainly, because of the pace of life, you spend so many hours working that when you leave your home you do not want the day to end, but enjoy with your family or watching TV unfortunately, time passes and we sacrifice important hours of sleep.
It also happens because there are many people who still do not know the importance of sleeping 7 to 9 hours, others simply do not want to believe in the studies and assure that all of this is false. Insomnia and external factors that prevent sleep, such as noise, light or temperature, and other factors.

I Sleep Late, But I Get Up Late, Have I Recovered From My Dream?

Yes and no: you can not recover what you have lost, but it is never too late to change your habits and start taking care of yourself. So, one of the big lies is that if you have not slept well you can "recover sleep."
The dream is not like a bank, where you can accumulate a debt and then pay it later. But this is what many people do: they sleep little during the week and pretend to recover their sleep during the weekend. This is called 'social jet-lag' or even 'sleep bulimia'.
The studies show that people who previously slept badly, but changed their habits and began to sleep more, prevented the degenerative impairment and Alzheimer's for over ten years compared to the people who don't change their habits.

This is why even a single night of bad sleep can affect our body and brain. Now that you know, what are you going to do? You can not recover what was lost, but you can change the bad.

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