Ayushmann Khurrana says he sleeps only 6 hours a day, doctors call it slow poison

Ayushmann Khurrana recently revealed he sleeps just six hours a night, a habit many busy Indians relate to. But what actually happens inside the body when we repeatedly cut our sleep short? To understand the real impact, Indiatoday.in spoke to two leading specialists who broke down the biological, emotional, and long-term consequences of chronic sleep restriction.

In a detailed conversation, Dr Praveen Kumar Pandey, Senior Director, Pulmonology, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Patparganj, and Dr Bharath Kumar Surisetti, Consultant Neurologist at Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad, explained why six hours simply isn’t enough, especially in a world that glorifies hustling.

6 HOURS IS NOT HARMLESS, ITS CHRONIC SLEEP DEPRIVATION

Calling it a growing public-health concern, Dr Pandey said, “Sleeping