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'Multiply 90 minutes (each cycle time) by five (the number of sleep cycles per night) to get 450 minutes or 7.5 hours of sleep.

'Most people need an alarm to wake up so the best thing is to work backwards from the time you want to get up in a morning to give you an ideal bedtime.

If you have a hard time not pressing the snooze button, try putting it across the room so you have to walk over there, waking you up along the way. Set your alarm for when you definitely have to get up.

'You won't get any of the deep, resting slumber in between snoozes.

Lisa Artis, an expert at the Sleep Council, told The Sun: 'Don’t press the snooze button! If you press the snooze button, your brain knows it'll go off again.

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It's more likely that you'll simply wake up feeling groggier than if you'd had a full night's sleep.However, there's little evidence to suggest that very occasional 'snoozing' is bad for people.Neuroscientist Professor Matthew Walker warned that repeat 'snoozing' daily can cause a spike in blood pressure, acceleration of heart rate, and could lead to heart problems over time.Separate research from 2005 in the Industrial Health journal found that 'snoozing' artificially alarms your heart.Dinges recommended that people simply go to bed earlier, and set an alarm for the time they actually need to wake up.'When we use the snooze button we are in effect constantly disrupting the final ten, 20, or 30 minutes of sleep as opposed to just setting your clock another half hour later.'.'Large sections of the population are engaged in the use of an alarm clock for what is really a biologically premature awakening.We are chronically partially sleep-depriving ourselves. Dr David Dinges, who headed up the study, said: 'Many of us are waking prematurely by alarm clock.

A 2014 University of Pennsylvania study linked 'sleep restriction' to increased weight gain, diabetes and heart disease risk.Many sleep experts have warned that using the 'snooze' button isn't a good idea.

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