Can Sleeping 8 Hours KILL You Faster?

A recent study done by the University of California and the shocking finding of it: "People who sleep 8 hours or more have a 50% higher mortality (death) rate than people who sleep less." 

Yes, it's true that such a study was carried out...However, does this mean that sleeping longer will create a higher chance of death and disease for you?

No. There's no solid proof for that, but if you read about this study, and if you've read the two free chapters from our Powerful Sleep eBook, you might have realized the connection between less sleep, your daily energy levels, and the strength of your immune system.

As you might notice, it's during deep sleep that your body undergoes major physiological changes to repair your muscles, power up your immune system and replenish your energy.

The question really isn't "how long should I sleep?" The question really is...

"How can I optimize my sleep system to gain POWERFUL and QUALITY sleep?"

You see, there is a difference between quantity, and quality. The problem, and the challenge is that most people don't understand sleep. They think sleep is a very basic thing that happens to us every night. I mean, think about it, we sleep, we wake up, and we magically feel refreshed, right? Because of this misunderstanding, many people live today with very out of balance sleeping systems that are deprive you of your energy, without even being aware of it.

Sleep is actually quite a complex and fascinating system. Here, briefly, are the effects of sleeping longer:

Sleeping longer than you need to will weaken your sleep system, as you reduce your prior wakefulness, exposure to sunlight, activity levels, and your body temperature is at a low for too long.

As a result, your melatonin hormone levels will stay high longer, you'll be more tired and drowsy during the day

When you sleep for long periods of time, your body temperature doesn't rise as quickly in the morning. This results in feeling very drowsy and tired for the early part of your day. If you stay inactive, this body temperature pattern will lead to poor sleep, which will prevent you from sleeping deeply.

This weakened sleep system and inability to get proper restful and energizing sleep creates low energy levels and a weakened immune system.

People usually sleep longer because their sleeping system is not being taken proper care of. They feel low on energy during the day, and think they need more sleep. In actuality, they feel low on energy because they have a weak sleep system, not because they're sleeping too little.

If you're currently sleeping around 8 to 10 hours and you feel LOW on energy during the day, it's not because you need more sleep. YOU NEED LESS SLEEP, and MORE ENERGY from your sleep.

Sleeping less actually INCREASES the strength of your sleeping system. The problem is, most people don't know anything about proper sleep system hygiene, or how to strengthen their inner sleep system. Only with the proper knowledge can you learn exactly how to optimize and strengthen your sleeping system, to have more energy and a higher level of health. Only once you've optimized your sleeping system for maximum performance can you reduce your sleep.

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About The Author:
Kacper Postawski is an innovative sleep science researcher and the creator of the “Powerful Sleep - Secrets of the Inner Sleep Clock” system. He can show you how to reduce your sleep by up to 3 hours, create more time, and an abundance of energy in your body by sleeping LESS! Not more. He dispels the “8 hour sleep myth”, tells you what most people never realize about sleep, and what the drug companies DONT WANT YOU to know.  Go to: PowerfulSleep.com to find out more about enjoying Powerful Sleep.

The 8 Mistakes Most Insomniacs Make...

As a result of “Learned Insomnia”, people usually try to re-cooperate by taking actions to work around their Insomnia. All these actions actually make Insomnia worse, by drastically weakening the sleep system and perpetuating it instead of solving the problem; because they do not attack the “cause” of Insomnia, only its symptoms.

Here are some of these actions, you'll probably notice what you're doing right now falls somewhere on to this list.  Being aware of these actions and their effects will give you a better perspective on your Insomnia

1.  Taking Prescribed Sleeping Pills
As you will soon see in the next section, this is the death rattle, which in most cases turns Insomnia into a life long condition. For all the prescribed sleeping pills, the chemicals have many side effects include headache, dry mouth, nausea, grogginess, stomach ache, etc. It’s also highly addictive and make you unable to fall asleep without it. But once your body adapts the dosage of sleeping pills, the effectiveness of the pill tends to fade away and you either take more of it or you suffer from insomnia. This cycle goes on and make you suffer even more than insomnia alone. That’s why Ambien and other prescribed sleeping pills are only good for short term treatment and you should never take it more than 3 weeks.

2.  Going to bed early, and sleeping late on weekends to “Make up Sleep”
This makes Insomnia even more likely to happen as you are putting your body temperature levels out of wack. Creating the same effect that jet lag produces. This weakens your body's natural sleep system.  You will also limit your exposure to sunlight, which plays a key role in your melatonin hormone levels.

3.  Trying to “make up” sleep with long naps during the day.
This also weakens your body's natural sleep response, as you will be less likely to fall asleep later. Naps are Okay, and actually part of a way to cure Insomnia, only if you take them properly, as I'll show you later on.

4.  Eating large amounts of food, sugar, or candy before going to sleep to try to make yourself sleepy or tired.
Doing this does not solve the “cause” of insomnia, which is a weakened sleep system and a non-responsive “natural sleep response”. You may feel sleepy, but you will still wake up Un-rested. Nearly all the sugar you eat is turned into fat by your body, will in turn can create risk of Sleep Apnea.

5. Drinking alcohol before going to bed to induce sleep.
Many people think that drinking a glass of wine before bed is a good idea. It might make you feel sleepy but the disadvantages are many. Alcohol dehydrates your body, making it more likely you will wake up during the night thirsty for water. You will also most likely feel unrested, drowsy, and disoriented the next day (hang-over).  Drinking Alcohol before bed will also increase fat gain drastically.

CAUTION: Alcohol should NEVER be combined with sleeping pills, it is extremely dangerous, and it has and can cause death.

6.  Not exercising, and using your “lack of sleep” as an excuse not to exercise.
Lack of exercise plays a key-role in chronic Insomnia. Not exercising due to Insomnia only makes the Insomnia Cycle stronger; not exercising weakens the natural sleep response, as well as the sleep system. Not exercising weakens your metabolism, weakening your heart, creating respiratory problems, making you more likely to wake up during the night, or suffer from sleep apnea.

7.  Trying to force sleep
This will only increase your anxiety and frustration, weakening the “natural sleep response”, and making the “SLEEP = PAIN” anchor stronger and more apparent for your mind.

8.  Reading a Book or Watching TV in Bed to Induce Sleepiness
Not only does watching TV or reading keep your “conscious” racing mind active, it also diminishes the “natural sleep response.”  As this supports the negative anchor in your mind that the process of falling asleep is something you have to AVOID.  The more awake time you spend in your bed, the more your mind associates that the BED = AWAKE.  SLEEP = PAIN.

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About The Author:
Toby Wong is an innovative sleep science researcher and co-founder of PowerfulSleep.com with his partner Kacper Postawski. Since 2003 they've been teaching people how to sleep less AND double their energy level by following simple, natural routines to strengthen the sleep system, the inner sleep clock. By strengthening the natural sleep clock, you're optimizing your sleep system which simultaneously cures insomnia.
Find out more about this time-tested system for getting the best sleep of your life.

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