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Even though you sleep at home at the same time as your children, siblings, siblings, or parents, it is not certain how long you can sleep the same.
Lydia DonCarlos, PhD, from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine is one of the experts who makes recommendations on how much sleep a person needs. The panel, led by the National Sleep Foundation, makes recommendations based on age, ranging from newborns (who need 14-17 hours of sleep per day) to adults 65 years and over (7-8 hours per day).
The results of this study indicate that adolescents aged 14-17 years need 8-10 hours of sleep per night. This figure is higher than the previous recommendation, namely 8.5-9.5 hours per night.
Dr. DonCarlos and other experts on a multidisciplinary panel examined the findings of 320 studies reporting sleep duration, and they found a health effect of long sleep duration, which is a consequence of taking too long or getting too little sleep. The results are published in Sleep Health: Journal of the National Sleep Foundation.
"The process is very thorough," said Dr. DonCarlos, who represents the American Association of Anatomists from 6 sleep experts selected by the National Sleep Foundation.
"We still have to undergo further research to study sleep function. We know sleep is refreshing and important for memory consolidation, but we do not know in detail what the function of sleep is, even how we can spend ⅓ of our lives just sleeping, ”said Dr. DonCarlos.
How much sleep is ideal for me?
Although each age group has been grouped based on how long their recommended time to sleep, the National Sleep Foundation in its main report in Sleep Health Journal, mentioning that there is no perfect amount of time that fits everyone. Here are the recommended hours of sleep:
- Newborn (0-3 months): 14-17 hours daily
- Infants (4-11 months): 12-15 hours daily
- Toddlers (1-2 years): 11-14 hours daily
- Pre-school (3-5 years): 10-13 hours daily
- School age (6-13 years): 9-11 hours daily
- Youth (14-17 years): 8-10 hours daily
- Young adults (18-25 years): 7-9 hours daily
- Adults (26-64 years): 7-9 hours daily
- Seniors (65 years and over): 7-8 hours daily
With enough sleep, our health will be better and maximum. All organs that are tired of work certainly need time to rest, including the brain, skin, metabolic system, and hormones. During sleep, the information that enters the brain is organized neatly, so that when we wake up we often find solutions to problems the previous day.
Cells in the body will regenerate when we sleep at the maximum level. So not infrequently, if you sleep according to the recommendations, a person's skin will look healthy and taut. In addition, the immune system will also increase because our cells are renewed, and the hormone melatonin which helps strengthen the immune system is usually most effective at night, when it's dark and we are sleeping.
