Rock-Stars-of-Aging-by-Marc-Middleton
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<strong>Rock</strong>s <strong>Stars</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Aging</strong><br />
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HEALTH, FITNESS AND NUTRITION<br />
21: Centenarians Sleep Soundly and Regularly<br />
“That we are not much sicker and much madder than we are is due<br />
exclusively to that most blessed and blessing <strong>of</strong> all natural graces,<br />
sleep.” -- Aldous Huxley, writer (July 26, 1894 – November 22, 1963)<br />
While most Americans don’t get enough sleep or don’t sleep well,<br />
most centenarians have little trouble falling to sleep and getting an<br />
average <strong>of</strong> 7-8 hours every night.<br />
Doctors agree that sleeping soundly and regularly is critical to cell<br />
growth and healing and that not getting enough sleep can be the<br />
beginning <strong>of</strong> the end.<br />
New research indicates that poor sleep is not because <strong>of</strong> aging itself,<br />
but mostly because <strong>of</strong> illnesses or the medications used to treat<br />
them. Sonia Ancoli-Israel, a pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> psychiatry and a sleep<br />
researcher at the University <strong>of</strong> California, San Diego, says, “If you<br />
look at older adults who are very healthy, they rarely have sleep<br />
problems.”<br />
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