You’ve heard the news and seen the headlines. Apparently us Americans are walking zombies getting less and less sleep every year. that is what organizations such as The Sleep Foundation will lead you to believe. But a study out of the University of Maryland counters that argument saying that citizens in the USA are actually getting plenty of sleep.

Whereas the myth of sleep deprivation claims we’re getting less than seven hours of shut eye, the UM research says Americans are getting a healthy dose of eight hours. Why the discrepancy? Well interestingly adequate, it may have more to do with funding than results.

The Sleep Foundation gets its money partly from pharmaceutical companies that manufacture sleep aids. See the connection? The University of Maryland, however, funded its research

using tax dollars. Not only that, but the myth is dispelled using far more numbers — there was a difference in by 30,000 individuals within the two surveys. It just goes to show you that not everything you see in the media is 100 percent accurate!

Original post by Adams Briscoe

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