Navy releases much anticipated sleep study results
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Bethesda, MD –Navy Doctors at Walter Reed Medical Center unveiled the findings of a much-anticipated sleep study, attempting to find the answer to a question that has escaped the medical field for ages: “How much sleep do adults really need?”
“The results were striking,” stated Dr. Brian Mackelroy, the study’s lead author. “We found that, at most, the average adult needs only 3-4 hours of sleep within a 24-hour period.” The decades-long study examined approximately 120 department head officers who executed consecutive western pacific deployments.
The study concludes: “Sleeping more than 4 hours a night has serious negative effects on major quality of life drivers, namely, ORSE scores, operational planning, and nightwork meeting attendance. Additionally, any more than 4 hours of sleep makes the brain lazy and inactive whereas the constant activity of being awake for 20 hours straight creates an attentive and active mind.”
The findings contradict those of an earlier study conducted by a group of flight surgeons who found that a minimum of 20 hours of uninterrupted sleep is necessary to maintain warfighting readiness.
For added effect, the study suggests breaking up the 4 hours of sleep into little 10-minute naps spread over a designated 12-hour period, a process called “intermittent sleep fasting.” Additionally, findings show that the positive impacts of being awake for 20 hours straight are further enhanced via the consumption of several BANG energy drinks.
The study’s authors also suggest the 20-hour workday may lead to increased sexual potency; however, they were hesitant to state anything more conclusive as the US Army plans to publish a study concerning the issue later this year.
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