The Correct Amount of Sleep
Oversleeping is the most devastating complication that happens to people. Most people believe that oversleeping is defined as sleeping from anything that is 12+ hours in a night. However, the actual amount of sleep that is considered oversleeping is 9+ hours a night. People will live healthier lives once they become informed and get the right amount of sleep.
Sleeping is the most important action that people have to pay attention to, despite it being so natural for humans. The amount of time that people need to sleep is depending on the amount of hours they want to be awake for the next day. For a full day of waking hours, 7-8 hours a night is the perfect amount of time to get the energy people need to start off the day. If somebody decides that they only want to be energized for a few hours, they can continue to sleep 9+ hours a day and continue to be unhealthy.
Taking time into account for a “good sleep” is the best way to measure sleep. It allows us to set intervals for how healthy the sleep was depending on the amount of time a person slept. For example, a person that is getting less than 7 hours of sleep a night will absolutely have worse health than a person who is sleeping 7-8 hours a night. In the text How many hours of sleep are enough for good health, Eric J. Olsen states,
“For adults, getting less than seven hours of sleep a night on a regular basis has been linked with poor health, including weight gain, having a body mass index of 30 or higher, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, and depression.”
Getting the correct amount of sleep and how productive people will be the next day go hand-in-hand with each other. It allows us to get the most out of their day, which will end up being the complete opposite if we are getting too little or too much sleep. Think of this as like a goldilocks’ rule, too little and too much are bad, but just right will have us feeling better than ever ready to start our day. In the article Can a Good Night’s Sleep Make Us More Productive, Wendy Wisner states,
” ‘First of all’, says Sharma, ‘studies have found sleep loss can impact our ability to make clear-headed decisions, and it increases the chances that we will make risky choices. It can make planning difficult and managing complex tasks more challenging.’ According to research, poor sleep also can cause problems with time management and job performance demands.”
People not getting the correct amount of sleep will lead to them living drastically unhealthier lifestyles than what they would like. It is true that the correct amount of sleep that will lead to a person being the most productive is 7-8 hours. This is the best time range that would leave people energized and have their body/mind be able to get through an entire day. Until people consistently sleep for the correct amount of time a night, they will continue to live afflictive lives.
The thing is, many people actually don’t follow this 7-8 hour rule and would go extremely under the mark. In the article, “In U.S., 40% get less than recommended amount of sleep,” by Jefferey M. Jones, it is stated that, “Medical studies have related a lack of sleep to health problems and cognitive impairment.”
Sleeping too much leaves drastic consequences such as health problems through one’s life. However, naps are a key detail throughout the day if we are sleeping for too little and trying to play catch up with sleep. Naps are beneficial to refresh the body and focus the mind for those who can’t fit 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep into their schedules.
In the article, “Napping: Benefits and Tips,” by Jay Summer, it states, “A short daytime snooze may also boost workplace performance. A nap can improve cognitive functions such as memory, logical reasoning, and the ability to complete complex tasks.” Although it is true that we should get our amount of sleep during the night, it is fine to get our sleep throughout the day as well in short chunks.
Despite napping being a great way to help with our mental state, we cannot overdo it. Overdoing it (sleeping too much) will lead to consequences/negative effects that we will run into such as diseases from the heart and even diabetes. Sleeping too much will leak into our social life if we aren’t watching how long we nap throughout the day. In the article, “Longer naps may awaken these four health issues,” it states,
“Naps exceeding half an hour during the day could possibly lead to serious health conditions like cardiovascular disease, diabetes and metabolic syndrome. A study published in April 2016 found that naps lasting more than 60 minutes a day increased the risk of type 2 diabetes by 50 percent.”
The correct amount of sleep that people should be getting when they go to sleep at night is 7-8 hours. Crossing this line by either getting too much or too little will lead to substantial consequences such as not being as productive and doesn’t allow us to make the right choices. Getting the correct amount of sleep will lead to us living the best version of ourselves and making those right choices.
References
Jones, Jeffrey M. “In U.S., 40% Get Less Than Recommended Amount of Sleep.” Gallup News, 19 December 2013, https://news.gallup.com/poll/166553/less-recommended-amount-sleep.aspx. Accessed 18 October 2022.
Smith, Suzannah. “Longer naps may awaken these four health issues – Vital Record.” Vital Record, 23 June 2016, https://vitalrecord.tamhsc.edu/long-naps-cause-health-issues/. Accessed 18 October 2022.
Summer, Jay. Napping: Benefits and Tips. Sleep Foundation, 2022. Sleep Foundation, https://www.sleepfoundation.org/sleep-hygiene/napping.
Olsen, E. J. (2020, 04 11). How many hours of sleep are enough? Mayo Clinic. Retrieved December 13, 2022, from https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/expert-answers/how-many-hours-of-sleep-are-enough/faq-20057898
Wisner, W. (2022, August 30). Sleep and Productivity: What You Need to Know. Sleep.com. Retrieved December 13, 2022, from https://www.sleep.com/sleep-health/sleep-and-productivity
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Counterintuitive Fall 2022 
I’m having trouble formatting Block Quotations. Can you help with that. Also, my organization so far resulted in very long paragraphs. Is that OK?
If you were in class on TUE OCT 18 (I believe you were.), you watched me laboriously create some Block Quotes in Edit on somebody’s post. It ain’t easy.
But the technique is a bit simplified if you first isolate the quotable material into a paragraph of its own. THEN select the paragraph and choose the big quotation mark symbol from the menu of formatting options. The indents and italics will be applied to the entire block.
BIG PARAGRAPHS are a problem because they almost always contain more than one main idea. Ideally, your paragraphs are designed to present and develop a single idea before moving on to the next. Read your paragraphs listening for the transitions. When you hear one, hit Enter. Then scan the results. If tiny paragraphs result, they are usually underdeveloped.
I’ll be back.
Make revisions while I’m gone if you like.
How much sleep are we truly supposed to be getting before we realize that it is too little or too much? That is the question that everybody loves to ask so that they could be prepared for the following day and be as energized as they would like to be. Sleeping can be seen as anything from sleeping the entire day or even going out of to be getting before we realize that it is too little or too much? That is the question that everybody loves to ask so that they could be prepared for the following day and be as energized as they would like to be. Sleeping can be seen as anything from sleeping the entire day or even going out of your your way throughout the day to get those little 10 minute naps in before your next class. What actually matters is how much of it do we actually need before we consider it being a healthy amount of sleep. So that is what we are to really discuss and go into detail about.
We cannot take into account how “good” somebody has slept by describing it in the form of time. So what are we considering how much is a good amount of sleep and how much is a bad amount of sleep for somebody? The way we take into consideration what we consider a “good” amount of sleep is by describing how energized we are feeling after waking up from those either few or long amounts of hours being asleep. Although, it is true that the amount of time a person is in their sleep would also add to the equation of how much is good for you, how you are feeling after sleep is what changes everything. You wouldn’t say that you slept well even if you would sleep for 8 hours and just wake up with the biggest headache of your life.
It is extremely important to be getting the correct amount of sleep in your life since it could actually leak into how you are living your life if you start to get too much or too little.
We have been getting told that a healthy amount of sleep would be around 6-8 hours of sleep everyday.
This is actually true because it shows the best amount of time range that would leave you energized and have your body going to be able to get through an entire day.
As long as you follow this rule, it is more likely that you will be able to live a more healthy lifestyle.
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The thing is, many people actually don’t follow this 6-8 hour rule and would go extremely
over the mark or extremelyunder the mark. In the article, “In U.S., 40% get less than recommended amount of sleep,” by Jefferey M. Jones,we can see from even just the title that many people aren’t getting the amount of sleep that is even considered healthy.It is also then stated in the same article that, “Medical studies have related a lack of sleep to health problems and cognitive impairment.”This takes me back to when I said that it is extremely important to be getting the correct amount of sleep in your life because it could eventually lead to consequences. These consequences include health problems throughout your life and as the article states, impairment. Of course, this can be a factor of many things that include just not being able to come home in time and having to wake up extremely early because you have something to do in the morning at 5 in the morning and things of that nature. This is where naps during the day would come into place.Sleeping too much in general will leave the body with consequences such as health problems throughout the rest of your life. However, naps are a key detail throughout your day if you are sleeping for too little. Although it is true that people might just not have the time to get home and get a full 6-8 hours of sleep before having to wake up and go do whatever they have to do in the morning, naps are essential in helping out and allowing you to make up for the time that you have missed. If you aren’t getting the amount of sleep that is recommended for you, napping gives off the benefits as if you are getting that recommended sleep. These benefits will mainly include mental benefits that help focus on the mind.
In the article, “Napping: Benefits and Tips,” by Jay Summer, it states, “A short daytime snooze may also boost workplace performance. A nap can improve cognitive functions such as memory, logical reasoning, and the ability to complete complex tasks.” Although it is true that you should get your amount of sleep during the night, it is fine to get your sleep throughout the day as well.
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This goes into detail about how napping would really help you mentally as long as you aren’t overdoing it. Overdoing it (sleeping too much) does lead to consequences or negative effects that you will run into. These negative effects even go as far as diseases from the heart and could lead to diabetes. It could even leak into your social life if you aren’t watching how many naps or how long you nap for throughout the day. In the article, “Longer naps may awaken these four health issues,” it states, “Naps exceeding half an hour during the day could possibly lead to serious health conditions like cardiovascular disease, diabetes and metabolic syndrome. A study published in April 2016 found that naps lasting more than 60 minutes a day increased the risk of type 2 diabetes by 50 percent.” This shows that even while only going over just 30 minutes of napping, it could lead to things far worse in your life if you aren’t too careful.
While all of this is true, researchers are finding out that more and more people are sleeping the necessary recommendations and not going too much over or too little the thresholds. If we are looking at the brighter parts of the studies, although 40% of people aren’t getting the necessary amount of sleep, there is still that 60% that are getting a healthy amount of sleep and that number will keep on going up. People as a whole still have to put the effort into getting those 6-8 hours of sleep so that they can continue to live a healthy lifestyle.
You haven’t responded yet, Fatboy, so I had to “go medieval” on you. 🙂
Thank you for the feedback, I did try to get around certain things but you caught on. I will go back and fix it now though.
OK, but thin and repetitious. Just not enough research.