Tim Chambers1d ago
Of all the health habits I've been working on good sleep targets, which you'd think would be the easist, have been the trickiest for me to get right. At least not in consistant ways, long term. And I know it is as important or more than eating well, getting right level of steps and workouts in. Maybe more as it impacts those other habits. And there is this:

"New research, published in the journal Nature on May 13, does suggest that there’s a sleep “sweet spot” between 6.4 and… 🧵 1/3
Show threadTim Chambers1d ago
…7.8 hours of sleep a night. People who hit that amount had better functioning of the immune system, brain and heart, as well as other organs, when measured on the molecular level."

Still, work, life, stress, etc, plays a real number on me on this one. 🧵 2/3
Show threadTim Chambers
🔗 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2026/05/26/new-study-pinpoints-how-much-sleep-is-best-healthy-aging/ (🔗 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2026/05/26/new-study-pinpoints-how-much-sleep-is-best-healthy-aging/) 🧵 3/3
A sleep-time ‘sweet spot’ is linked to healthy aging, study finds

Turns out 6.4 to 7.8 hours of sleep a night might be ideal. Here are some tips on how to get the “just right” amount.

The Washington Post
May 27 at 11:57amWeb
Show threadVictor Villas10h ago
@tchambers Strange how there can be a ceiling for the ideal sleep amount so… unexpectedly low? I imagined diminishing returns but no downside to sleeping 9 hours a day instead of 8.