Fox Health: 'How much sleep is too much?': Ask a doctor

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'How much sleep is too much?': Ask a doctor

Is it possible to get too much sleep? Dr. Chris Winter, a Virginia-based sleep medicine specialist with Mattress Firm, weighs in on the impact of oversleeping....                        ...                        ...                            ...Sleep is known to have amazing health benefits – but how much shuteye is too much?......The answer isn't so straightforward, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login a Virginia-based neurologist and sleep medicine specialist with Mattress Firm, told Fox News Digital......."This is to some degree an impossible question to answer," he wrote. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......As with food and other lifestyle factors, Winter explained that the ideal You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login is a "dynamic range."......"What is too much food for me might be an amazingly inadequate amount for an Olympic swimmer," he said as an example.......For the average adult, sleep durations exceeding 11 to 12 hours would be considered "too much" and would start "prompting questions about sleep quality and sleep consistency," Winter said.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......While getting too little sleep can cause many negative effects, an excess of slumber can pose risks like You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login which is the feeling of grogginess that occurs after sleeping in for too long......."For many individuals, it's less about 'too much sleep' and more about compensatory sleep," he said. ......"In other words, you got inadequate sleep during the week and are trying to 'make up' for the lost sleep on the weekend."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Sleeping too much on a regular basis is more a reflection of "inadequate sleep quality" overall, Winter said.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Even so, the expert recommends catching up on sleep when there's been a deficit......."Studies have shown that if you pay that sleep debt back quickly, it probably keeps the deficit from You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login," he said......."While it should never be Plan A, making up lost sleep via napping or sleeping in, when possible, can be a good fallback plan."......Although some studies have suggested negative You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login from both inadequate and excessive sleep, Winter emphasized that it's better to get too much sleep than not enough......."Trying to create consistency in sleep is important, too," he said. ......"Sleeping a different seven hours every night is not nearly as healthy as sticking to the same seven hours night after night."......The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that adults get between seven and nine hours of sleep per night....

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