How much sleep is needed for optimal health?

I just read that in order to live a longer life, we should get at east 7 hours of optimal sleep each night. Frankly speaking, i dont even get 4 hours sleep each night, what 7 hours. I dont think i’ll ever get a good nights sleep until my baby can sleep through the night without demanding for a feed each time he wakes up.

Some of the health implications of not getting enough sleep is high blood pressure, which is a contributing factor to heart disease. But dont think you are disease free if you sleep longer than 7 hours a day. There may be some link to other health problems like depression or cancer-related fatigue.

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