Adults is between 7 and 9 hours a night, and athletes may benefit from as many as 10 hours.
Effects of better sleep:
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Habitual sleep deprivation is associated with diverse and far-reaching health effects and none of them is good.
Between 7 and 9 hours of sleep per night are recommended. You can get used to less sleep, but you’re getting used to being miserable.
Your brain manages energy better when you get enough sleep.
Sleep deprivation causes the prefrontal cortex to lose control over the regions of the brain that create cravings and the stress response. Sleep between 6.5 hours and 7.5 hours every night.
It is the internal process by which your body expends energy and burns calories. It runs 24/7 to keep your body functioning by converting the food and nutrients you consume into energy.
This process works at different intensities in different people. The speed of your metabolism is d...
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