{"id":17776,"date":"2014-01-14T08:41:38","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T08:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/?p=2095"},"modified":"2023-09-26T10:27:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T08:27:17","slug":"benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of sleeping 8 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Sleep 8 hours<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1333\" title=\"sleep 8 hours\" src=\"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sleep.jpg\" alt=\"6 hours sleep\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Do we really need to sleep 8 hours? <\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Everyone has heard the phrase \u201c<strong>We need to sleep 8 hours a day<\/strong>\u201d or \u201c<strong>Sleeping 8 hours is good for health<\/strong>.\u201d But, is this statement true? 8 hours is the approximate average we need sleep, but each person has his individual needs and the amount can vary considerably. <strong>Most adults need to sleep between 7 and 8 hours a day<\/strong> and, according to our biological clock, <a href=\"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/10-benefits-of-a-good-sleep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">is better for health to sleep at night<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Sleep less than 6 hours<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>However, it has been scientifically proven that<strong> sleeping less than 6 hours is bad for health<\/strong> because we are not leaving enough time to rest our bodies and to perform all life processes that occur during sleep.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Sleep quality<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>But even more important than the hours of sleep is the quality of our sleep, ie <strong>to sleep well and rest as needed<\/strong>. Many people spend more than 8 hours in bed but really their <a href=\"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/insomnia-sleeping-problems-and-apnea-treatments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sleep disorders such as apnea<\/a> or simply the lack of peace when they sleep make they do not rest properly and decrease your health and wellness.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Tips to sleep better<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Set a more or less fixed sleep schedule, at least on weekdays<\/li>\n<li>Do not take caffeine or protein, especially after noon<\/li>\n<li>Do not eat right before bedtime, leave a minimum of two hours for digestion after dinner<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/the-definitive-method-to-quit-smoking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quit smoking<\/a>: nicotine is directly related to sleep disorders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related posts<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sleep well program<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"10 benefits of a good sleep\" href=\"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/10-benefits-of-a-good-sleep\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">10 benefits of a good sleep<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Insomnia, sleeping problems and apnea treatments\" href=\"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/insomnia-sleeping-problems-and-apnea-treatments\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Insomnia, sleeping problems and apnea treatments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Exercise for a better sleep\" href=\"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/exercise-for-a-better-sleep\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Exercise for a better sleep<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sleep 8 hours Do we really need to sleep 8 hours? Everyone has heard the phrase \u201cWe need to sleep 8 hours a day\u201d or \u201cSleeping 8 hours is good for health.\u201d But, is this statement true? 8 hours is the approximate average we need sleep, but each person has his individual needs and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellness-relax"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Benefits of 8-Hour Sleep | SHA Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the benefits of 8-hour sleep for a well-rested you. Explore more about quality sleep at SHA Wellness and embrace a healthier lifestyle.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Benefits of 8-Hour Sleep | SHA Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover the benefits of 8-hour sleep for a well-rested you. Explore more about quality sleep at SHA Wellness and embrace a healthier lifestyle.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SHA Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shawellnessclinic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-01-14T08:41:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-26T08:27:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sleep.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SHA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@shawellness\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@shawellness\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"SHA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3b72d023ae7d024728d6397054b837c3\"},\"headline\":\"Benefits of sleeping 8 hours\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-01-14T08:41:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-26T08:27:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":255,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/sleep.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Wellness &amp; Relax\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\\\/\",\"name\":\"Benefits of 8-Hour Sleep | SHA Magazine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/sleep.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-01-14T08:41:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-26T08:27:17+00:00\",\"description\":\"Discover the benefits of 8-hour sleep for a well-rested you. Explore more about quality sleep at SHA Wellness and embrace a healthier lifestyle.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/sleep.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/sleep.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":399},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Benefits of sleeping 8 hours\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"SHA Magazine\",\"description\":\"Lifelong health &amp; wellbeing\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SHA\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/sha_wellness_clinic_logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/sha_wellness_clinic_logo.jpg\",\"width\":200,\"height\":200,\"caption\":\"SHA\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/shawellnessclinic\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/shawellness\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shawellness.com\\\/shamagazine\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3b72d023ae7d024728d6397054b837c3\",\"name\":\"SHA\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Benefits of 8-Hour Sleep | SHA Magazine","description":"Discover the benefits of 8-hour sleep for a well-rested you. Explore more about quality sleep at SHA Wellness and embrace a healthier lifestyle.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Benefits of 8-Hour Sleep | SHA Magazine","og_description":"Discover the benefits of 8-hour sleep for a well-rested you. Explore more about quality sleep at SHA Wellness and embrace a healthier lifestyle.","og_url":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\/","og_site_name":"SHA Magazine","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shawellnessclinic\/","article_published_time":"2014-01-14T08:41:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-09-26T08:27:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":399,"url":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sleep.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"SHA","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@shawellness","twitter_site":"@shawellness","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\/"},"author":{"name":"SHA","@id":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3b72d023ae7d024728d6397054b837c3"},"headline":"Benefits of sleeping 8 hours","datePublished":"2014-01-14T08:41:38+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-26T08:27:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\/"},"wordCount":255,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sleep.jpg","articleSection":["Wellness &amp; Relax"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\/","url":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\/","name":"Benefits of 8-Hour Sleep | SHA Magazine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sleep.jpg","datePublished":"2014-01-14T08:41:38+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-26T08:27:17+00:00","description":"Discover the benefits of 8-hour sleep for a well-rested you. Explore more about quality sleep at SHA Wellness and embrace a healthier lifestyle.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sleep.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sleep.jpg","width":600,"height":399},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/benefits-of-sleeping-8-hours\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Benefits of sleeping 8 hours"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/","name":"SHA Magazine","description":"Lifelong health &amp; wellbeing","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/#organization","name":"SHA","url":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sha_wellness_clinic_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sha_wellness_clinic_logo.jpg","width":200,"height":200,"caption":"SHA"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shawellnessclinic\/","https:\/\/x.com\/shawellness"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3b72d023ae7d024728d6397054b837c3","name":"SHA"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}