It's perfectly healthy if that is all the sleep you need.
It depends on what you define by "need".
Some people can feel perfectly alert and rested after 5 hours sleep. This doesn't make it healthy - all scientific evidence suggests that less than 8 hours sleep in a 24 hour period has a negative effect on the body and the mind.
Some people can feel perfectly alert and rested after 5 hours sleep. This doesn't make it healthy - all scientific evidence suggests that less than 8 hours sleep in a 24 hour period has a negative effect on the body and the mind.
But some people can't physically sleep for longer than 5 hours, in which case it is healthy for them.
Some people can feel perfectly alert and rested after 5 hours sleep. This doesn't make it healthy - all scientific evidence suggests that less than 8 hours sleep in a 24 hour period has a negative effect on the body and the mind.
Depends on what nonsense you read. Some articles say 8 hours sleep is bad for you .... Like this one
(Note: I didn't read said article, nor would I take anything from something called Elle seriously, but there's always an argument and a counter-argument for everything)
Some people can feel perfectly alert and rested after 5 hours sleep. This doesn't make it healthy - all scientific evidence suggests that less than 8 hours sleep in a 24 hour period has a negative effect on the body and the mind.
All scientific evidence doesn't say that at all. Here's a link to a huge study that found more or less the opposite:-
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It's perfectly healthy if that is all the sleep you need.
It depends on what you define by "need".
Some people can feel perfectly alert and rested after 5 hours sleep. This doesn't make it healthy - all scientific evidence suggests that less than 8 hours sleep in a 24 hour period has a negative effect on the body and the mind.
But some people can't physically sleep for longer than 5 hours, in which case it is healthy for them.
Depends on what nonsense you read. Some articles say 8 hours sleep is bad for you .... Like this one
http://www.elle.com/beauty/health-fitness/news/a15418/getting-8-hours-of-sleep-is-actually-bad-for-you/
(Note: I didn't read said article, nor would I take anything from something called Elle seriously, but there's always an argument and a counter-argument for everything)
All scientific evidence doesn't say that at all. Here's a link to a huge study that found more or less the opposite:-
http://edition.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/02/14/sleep.study/index.html