Editor’s comment: The article below discusses the importance of sleep; it links the lack of sleep to early death.
101 Health Steps Magazine has done there own investigative report and found that 9 to 11 hours of sleep a night is what is needed for the average individual because the average eats an energy draining diet. Personal stress, daily activity, and the amount of stress that people put on themselves through from digestion and eating habits contributes to additional hours of sleep. For the low-fat, raw, ripe, whole food dieter [a healthy diet], they need about 7, which includes a one hour siesta and short nap during the day (ref. Bidwell 2009 “The Health Seeker’s Yearbook).
Additionally, athlete’s could need well over 12 hours a night, even on a healthy diet, depending on their level of training and stress to recharge their human battery back to maximum levels. Most people rely on false stimulation such as coffee or worse to achieve this, which only drains their reserve energy causing even more problems. If an individual is tired, they need to sleep: drugs address the effects and sleep addresses the cause. Read more »
