AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
3min chapter
Do you really need 8 hours of sleep?
Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter
Are You Sleeping Eight Hours?
Some of the fatigue that people are feeling is actually realy to circatian rhythms. We would want adults to sleep somewhere between six and nine hours, in terms of norms. Not getting enough sleep is associated with serious health problems like high blood pressure,. cardio vascular disease, dipetes and depression. Doctor carney says the aggressive messaging about getting eight hours or its certain doom is not exactly true and can be really counter productive.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode