THave a lot to think about and can’t sleep? Two nights of poor sleep are enough to make you feel 4.4 years older, suggests a new study, published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Research has proven that there is a direct relationship between the feeling of youthfulness and the ability to have quality sleep.
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In a press release, psychologist and lead author of the study, Leonie Balter, from Stockholm University, Sweden, highlighted the “striking difference” between the results. Therefore, “we are convinced that protecting sleep is crucial to maintaining a feeling of youthfulness that contributes to a more active lifestyle. The younger we are, the more motivated we are”, she says.
In a first phase, 429 individuals between 18 and 70 years old were asked about their sleeping habits and how old they felt. It was discovered that for every night of poor sleep, participants felt, on average, 0.23 years older.
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In the second part of the study, researchers carried out an experimental sleep deprivation study, which involved 186 participants aged between 18 and 46. The volunteers were divided into two groups. Volunteers in the first group slept just four hours for two days. The rest rested without interruption and woke up naturally or after nine hours of rest.
Participants felt an average of 4.4 years older than those who had gotten the recommended amount of sleep.
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