“Seven hours of sleep was found to be the optimal length of sleep for maintaining healthy blood pressure,”
When in the military the claim of 7 1/2 hours was all you needed. I loved to try and cheat for a full 8 hours.
When working killer rotating shifts for the last 31 years the amount needed was as much as you could get. Often 4 hours, then another three or four hours later as the body rhythms did not allow a full 7 or 8 hours sleep.
“When in the military the claim of 7 1/2 hours was all you needed. I loved to try and cheat for a full 8 hours.”
In the sub it was 6 on, 6 off. Meals, quals, poker occupied at least one off period.
Often it was impossible to keep awake on watch.
I have a seriously disrupted sleep cycle. First it was my late husband coming home at 2;30 am after his favorite bar closed. Then it was him with Alzheimer’s wanting to go out and walk the city streets at 4 am and me having to stop him. My sleep pattern had somewhat improved over time, but then my local TV started showing reruns of “The Good Wife: at 3 am. 7 days a week. At least now I am really enjoying myself at 3 to 4 am, and my blood pressure continues normal. Maybe part of high blood pressure is being unhappy with what life is giving you and disrupts your sleep cycle???