WHY TAKE A NAP???

Makes you smarter: According to Dr. Matthew Walker of the University of California, there is nothing better than taking a one-hour naps to restore short-term memory and helps you learn the facts more easily after waking.

                                     

Cannot avoid the period of meals: Human bodies naturally go through two stages of deep fatigue, one between 02.00 to 04.00 am and from 01.00 to 03.00 pm. Skipping meals will not help you in this period of decreased alertness and coordination.

Pick the right time: After lunch in the afternoon, his body naturally gets tired. This is the best time to take a short nap, as it is early enough to change not sleep at night.

However, short naps are the best: For healthy young adults, naps as short as 20, 10, or even 2 minutes may be all you need to get the mental benefits of sleep without the risk of drowsiness.

First drink coffee: The way this works is that you drink a cup of coffee just before taking his nap of 20 minutes or half an hour, which is precisely the time it takes to produce its effect caffeine, when you awake, not only refreshed, ready to work.

NASA’s Nap: A group called NASA discovered that only a 26-minute nap increases performance by 34% and alertness by 54%. Pilots do naps advantage of NASA, while planes are on autopilot.

A nap can save your life: A multi-year Greek study found that napping at least three times a week for at least 30 minutes resulted in a mortality rate 37% lower due to heart problems.

Nap benefits your brain: Not only nap improves alertness, but also help your decision making, creativity and sensory perception.

But wait there is more: Studies have found that napping increases energy by 11%, increases the ability to stay asleep through the night by 12%, and reduces the time required to fall asleep by 14%.

Last Nap: According to Dr. Sara Mednick, the best nap occurs when REM sleep is in proportion to the slow wave sleep. That’s the best time of the day when I can take a nap at maximum.

Fight over weight: Research shows that women who slept five hours a night are 32% more likely to experience weight gain than those who sleep seven hours. A two-hour nap is not feasible for many, but a nap is a good way to make up for some lost sleep night.

Do you not know? In ancient Rome, everyone, including children, left to take a nap for 2 or 3 hours after lunch. No doubt this is why the Roman Empire lasted over 1,000 years.

Sugar is not a friend of naps: When we are tired, instinctively eat foods high glycemic index, but after the initial energy vanishes, we can only more tired than we had before.

A way to update: If you take long sleep I recommend a midday nap is a good way to catch up on sleep.

A student: Freshmen and sophomores need up to 10 hours of sleep to feel rested.

Do not drive sleepy: Do not be afraid to take advantage of an “emergency nap” on the side of the road in your car. Each year, about 100,000 fatal traffic accidents are caused by people driving while sleepy.

Einstein Method: If you are worried about sleeping too long, do what Albert Einstein did with regularity: hold a pencil while you’re drifting off, so when you fall asleep, launching pencil will help up. (Not guaranteed to wake up with an IQ of 180.)

Lack of sleep: For those 18 to 24, sleep deprivation affects performance more significantly than in other age brackets.