The quality of our sleep does not depend on age Bashny.Net

It used to be that the older the person, the more he sleeps. It is now known that after reaching adulthood, the sleep duration is not dependent on age.

However, the structure of sleep changes. Older people often sleep more lightly. With age, usually deteriorates the quality of sleep — it becomes superficial, less effective, insufficient refreshing. Lifetime gradually decreases the duration of Delta sleep (the deepest sleep during which the body processes of growth and repair). By the age of 50 in men and 60 years for women duration of Delta sleep decreases very significantly, sometimes he completely disappears, so that the people at this age are easier to Wake up from the noise and other external interference and without disturbing sleep of the young.





Despite the fact that sleep duration in healthy man practically constant throughout life — from 20 to 75 years, complaints about sleep quality with age occurs more frequently. Sleep is intermittent, the night passes without sleep. So you can stay in bed more time, considering that sleep longer, but actually the dream you have is punctuated by frequent short periods of wakefulness. Some elderly people Wake up during the night hundreds of times, waking at every Wake no more than 15 s. Such a brief Wake-up create the impression of sleepless nights, although you are actually asleep. Realizing this, you'll worry less about your sleep. In addition, older people more often NAP in the afternoon, which further contributes to wakefulness at night.

Remember that the quantity and quality of sleep you get, if you do think so and do not feel the decline in health and vigor throughout the day.





 

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