The Sleep-Longevity Connection: A Short Guide

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  • The
  • Science
  • Is
  • Clear:
  • Sleep
  • Adds
  • Years
  • to
  • Your
  • LifeRecent
  • studies
  • have
  • drawn
  • a
  • direct
  • line
  • between
  • quality
  • sleep
  • and
  • lifespan
  • extension.
  • Research
  • from
  • the
  • Harvard
  • Medical
  • School
  • and
  • the
  • National
  • Institute
  • on
  • Aging
  • suggests
  • that
  • poor
  • sleep
  • increases
  • the
  • risk
  • of
  • heart
  • disease,
  • Alzheimer's,
  • metabolic
  • disorders,
  • and
  • even
  • early
  • death.
  • In
  • fact,
  • a
  • 2023
  • study
  • published
  • in
  • The
  • Lancet
  • found
  • that
  • consistently
  • getting
  • less
  • than
  • six
  • hours
  • of
  • sleep
  • per
  • night
  • could
  • shorten
  • your
  • lifespan
  • by
  • up
  • to
  • six
  • years.On
  • the
  • flip
  • side,
  • people
  • who
  • prioritise
  • high-quality
  • sleep
  • tend
  • to
  • live
  • longer,
  • have
  • better
  • cognitive
  • function,
  • and
  • maintain
  • youthful
  • vitality
  • well
  • into
  • old
  • age.
  • Ever
  • heard
  • of
  • the
  • Blue
  • Zones—the
  • regions
  • where
  • people
  • regularly
  • live
  • past
  • 100?
  • One
  • common
  • thread
  • among
  • them?
  • They
  • sleep
  • well—deeply
  • and consistently.
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