How Much Sleep Do You Really Need?

Many Americans don’t get enough rest — but our needs differ by age and other factors

Robert Roy Britt
Elemental
Published in
5 min readJul 1, 2021

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Photo: Kinga Cichewicz/Unsplash

Gone are the glorious days of youth when a good, long sleep was the norm. For many of us, some serious self-care is now needed to ensure a sufficient snooze. Scientists have several sleep tricks up their sleeves, and I’ll get to those.

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Robert Roy Britt
Elemental

Editor of Wise & Well, independent health and wellness journalist, author of Make Sleep Your Superpower.