The Goldilocks Sleep Zone: Study Links Too Little and Too Much Sleep to Biological Aging
Researchers found the lowest biological age gaps among adults sleeping 6.4 to 7.8 hours, while shorter or longer sleep tracked with faster aging.
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The Goldilocks sleep zone: study links too little and too much sleep to biological aging
The Nature study introduces “Sleep Chart,” a framework linking self-reported sleep duration with 23 biological aging clocks derived from MRI, plasma proteomics, and metabolomics. Across UK Biobank participants, the lowest biological age gaps generally appeared between 6.4 and 7.8 hours of sleep, while shorter and longer sleep were associated with higher disease and mortality risk.
Large data analysis provides evidence of correlations between sleep duration and biological age. Ageing was the slowest in a period of time.
Sleep appears to play a key role in the aging process, as both lack of sleep and excessive sleep can negatively affect the brain, heart, lungs and immune system, according to research published in the scientific journal Nature.
The Sleep Time Sweet Spot Is Real: Missing It Linked To Faster Aging
The study maps how nightly sleep duration is associated with how quickly the body biologically ages, not just in the brain but across several organ systems at once. The post The Sleep Time Sweet Spot Is Real: Missing It Linked To Faster Aging appeared first on StudyFinds.
Too few hours of sleep, but also too many, can accelerate aging in the brain, heart, lungs and immune system and are associated with a wide range of…More...
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