August 17, 2016.
Yes, you should take a nap every day, because the nap is excellent for your health: here is why.
The nap is part of everyday life in southern countries
It is no coincidence that in some countries, especially the Mediterranean, napping has been a habit for centuries, and does not shock anyone. A question of culture, but also … of hygiene of life.
The virtues of the nap are indeed numerous. First, by giving your body a break in the middle of the day, a nap relieves your heart and helps lower your heart rate. Placed after lunch, it also improves digestion. We speak, in technical language, of a post-prandial nap, You don’t have to binge on breakfast to feel like sleeping. Quite the contrary! Eat breakfast normally, have a light lunch if you can: the nap will do the rest! It has an appetite suppressant effect, long known and popularized by the diction “who sleeps dines”.
A nap is great for the heart and brain
As the nap slows the heart rate, it also has a direct effect on the brain and cognitive functions. Even short, and better, especially short, a nap allows you to store and process information. It is excellent for those who need to revise, learn.
In the end, all these virtues allow you to recover and start again on the right foot for the second part of the day. But on one condition: that your nap is not too long! We are not talking here about the two or three hour nap, which “breaks” and makes you nonchalant until nighttime. The ideal nap should last 20 to 30 minutes, and, yes, you should not expect to wake up on your own, unless you are used to it. We come out of a good nap with an alarm clock or by asking someone to reveal you, delicately however …
To find out more: What are the benefits of a nap?
