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Re: How much Sleep per Night? Enough to stay alert!

Posted by Sleepyrick on April 23, 1998 at 10:36:49:

In Reply to: HELP! How much Sleep per Night? posted by Callahan on April 23, 1998 at 10:11:32:

AVERAGE OR SUFFICIENT OR NORMAL OR BEST?

In the US the time people spend asleep? 7 is average. But this is not a healthy number.

BEST is that amount which leaves you wide awake and alert all day long EVEN in boring physically inactive situations. This usually takes 9 hrs/day of sleep per day for adults over the age of 21. From age 14 to 21 the body's need for sleep is 10 hours/day on average. Really.

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