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A small segment of the population are born with superhuman sleep needs. They’re called natural short sleepers, and they wake up refreshed and wide awake on very little sleep. And these individuals share a few other quirks, too.
What do Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Martha Stewart have in common? They're part of the 1 percent.
No, not
that one percent.
Instead, we're referring to the one percent of people who thrive on far less sleep than what is recommended by doctors and researchers. Scientists label it short sleeper syndrome.
Trump, Musk and Stewart all reportedly get by on less than six hours a night, making them part of the so-called "sleepless elite." Most people need around
seven to nine hours of sleep a night for overall health and well-being. But it seems that these guidelines don't apply to a small segment of the population officially called natural short sleepers.
Short sleepers wake up feeling refreshed and wide awake, despite clocking six or less hours of sleep per night. Some short sleepers say a mere few hours of shut-eye a night is all they need to feel great.
It's sort of like being both a night owl and early riser at the same time. And, unsurprisingly, this group has caught the interest of researchers due to their sleep efficiency.
Although sleep needs do vary from person to person, natural short sleepers are rare unicorns in sleep research. Understanding their superhuman sleep needs could unlock some of the
standing mysteries of sleep, says Ying-Hui Fu, a researcher who studies the genetics and other attributes of short sleepers at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.
Comment: There is no such thing as 'adequate fruit intake'. Fruit is not essential and, more than likely, is harmful, especially in the form of juice (sugar water with a pittance of vitamins).
Plant-based milks are nothing more than a marketing scheme. They serve no nutritional purpose whatsoever and do nothing but fool the consumer into believing they're consuming a nutritious diet. While it's nice that these researchers are suggesting not feeding these processed foods to children, it would be nice if they widened their recommendations to include adults. There really is no reason for anyone to consume these things.
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