In the modern world, when people are bombarded with information and stay in touch 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, many complain that they lack sleep.

However, as experts warn, you really should be wary of excess sleep.. It is he who is fraught with serious health problems..

" Eight hours or more is already dangerous to health, he says..

A study of nearly 9,000 people found that people between the ages of 50 and 64 who slept less than six hours a night, or more than eight, had poorer memory and less decision-making.. The brain function also deteriorated in older people from 65 to 89 if they slept too long, researchers from the University of Warwick previously found..

The latest study, published in the journal Clinical Sleep Medicine, also confirms the fact that people don't need to sleep as much as they think.. When five adults for two months lived in a " But on average, they slept only 7.2 hours a day..

Most people probably sleep more than they need to simply because they convinced themselves they are not getting enough sleep, says sleep neuroscientist Professor Jim Horn, of Loughborough University..

He believes that humanity is now in much better conditions than 150 years ago.. For example, the average worker in the mid-19th century worked 14 hours a day, six days a week and, when he came home, lay down in a bed full of parasites, whereas now most people have every opportunity to have a good rest..

Over the past 40 years, there have been several large studies on how much a person needs to sleep.. Results show that the average healthy adult sleeps between seven and seven and a half hours a night..

The researchers also found that women need sleep more, because their brains need more time to recover due to the abundance of daily activities.. Scientists at Duke University in North Carolina have found that women who are sleep deprived are more likely to suffer from depression and are more irritable..

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