According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, adults generally need seven to nine hours of sleep each night. Many adults do not get this much sleep, and in addition to feeling drowsy there are health consequences.
Today's Boston Globe's Too little sleep may raise risk of hypertension article shares information about a sleep study's results that middle-aged adults who don't enough enough sleep are more likely to develop high blood pressure. According to the article,
"The team studied 578 adults with an average age of 40. They took blood pressure readings and measured how long each person slept. Only 1 percent slept eight hours or more.
The volunteers slept six hours on average. Those who slept less were far more likely to develop high blood pressure over five years. And each hour of lost sleep raised the risk."
There are numerous benefits of getting enough sleep, including keeping your heart healthy. According to Mark Stibich, P.h.D.,
"Sleep is important for concentration, memory formation and the repair of damage to your body’s cells during the day. Chronic lack of sleep increases the risk for developing obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and infections."
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