What is the normal sleep time of the elderly?

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According to the survey conducted by the American Cancer Society, people who sleep an average of 7-8 hours a night live the longest; 80% of the people who sleep less than 4 hours per night are short-lived. But Guo juiheng, director of the sleep respiratory disease diagnosis and treatment center of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, pointed out that the best sleep time for different age groups is different, so we should scientifically sleep according to our own age. It is recommended that people over 60 years old sleep 5.5-7 hours a day. Let's share my experience with you.

What is the normal sleep time of the elderly?

Normal sleep time is 6-8 hours, more than 9 hours will become too long sleep time, studies have found that too long sleep is easy to induce diabetes. Related research shows that if you sleep more than 8 hours, the risk of diabetes will increase more than three times.

Sleep time is too long, people will become very lazy, at the same time because sleep time is long, brain rest time is too long, will lead to the decline of brain cell activity, because sleep time is too long, nerve cell inhibition time is long, as time goes on, will affect intelligence, lead to memory decline, lead to more and more stupid.

Researchers studied the weight and fat gain of Quebec adults over a six-year period. They found that people who sleep too short or too long a night gain more weight than those who sleep seven or eight hours. During the study period, people who slept 9 to 10 hours a night were 25% more likely to gain 5 kg, even if they controlled their food intake and increased their physical activity.

matters needing attention

In the diet must also control the salt intake, do not eat spicy food such as coffee, strong tea, you can eat more cereals such as cereals, oats or soybeans, you can drink more water or milk, but do not drink carbonated drinks.