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Bob Condor

Bob Condor blogs every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and weekend for Alternative Health Journal.

Along with bringing the latest news and trends about alternative health, Bob will help you get the most of your Internet health research. Bob is the Living Well Columnist for the Seattle Post- Intelligencer. He covers health and quality of life for the Hearst-owned newspaper and writes regularly for national magazines. He is a former syndicated health columnist for the Chicago Tribune twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and author of six books, including “The Good Mood Diet” and “Your Prostate Cancer Survivors’ Guide.” His articles have appeared in Life, Esquire, Parade, Self, Outside and Shape among national magazines. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and two 11-year-old kids.
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Friday, October 31, 2008
Sleep Power Week: Seven Hours of Sleep is Your Starting Point

How much sleep in enough? There is no one right answer, despite what you might have been told time and again about getting eight hours per night. Well, there are some wrong answers, including anyone who insists four to five hours of slumber is enough.

The National Sleep Foundation, which conducts yearly surveys on Americans’ sleep habits and serves as clearinghouse for researcher and consumer groups, suggests a healthy total for adults is seven to nine hours nightly, while teens are better off with 8.5 to 9.5 and five- to 12-year-olds need somewhere between nine and 11 hours. Notice there is a range for each age category; even babies are deemed to require 14 to 18 hours.

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