The first thing that bothers me about this study (by researchers at Brigham and Women's hospital) is that 'optimal sleep' is given as 10 hours. Ten Hours sleep? That seems like rather a lot. I was given to understand that between 6 and 8 was the norm, and any more than that is just lax. Anyway, they tried to replicate patterns of sleep which shift workers would get (down to about 5 and a half hours a night/day and changing times) and it's not good for your health and can bring on diabetes and/or slow your metabolism.
'Getting enough sleep is important for health', says Orfeu M. Buxton Phd and BWH neuroscientist, possibly thumping his desk for added effect, and I for one am not going to argue with him.
Source: Times of India
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