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Our
sleep time depends on a circadian rhythm, a biological clock, controlling our
lives’ schedule, which is set to be at night because of a lack of brightness
from the Sun.
But
daytime nap is a different matter. Though it is a kind of resting which
happened in the afternoon and mostly required less amount of time than
nighttime sleep.
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People who have daytime naps may be judged as lazy people, wasting their work time. Some may feel embarrassed to admit themselves having daytime naps. However, daytime nap contains benefits for your health.
Information below is from my gathering information from various websites and
made it into summary for you, readers.
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1. Restore alertness
Daytime nap
may extend period of time being alert a few more hours later in the day.
2. Prevents burnout
Daytime nap
reduces stress and gives ones a fresh start.
3. Increase sensory
perception
Daytime nap
can restore ability of vision, hearing and taste perception according to Dr.Sandra C. Mednick, author
of Take a Nap, Change Your Life.
4. Reduce risk of heart attack
Daytime nap reduces risk of heart attack in 64 percent of working men according to a 2007 study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine by Dimitrios Trichopoulos of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston
5. Improve creativity
Daytime nap
relaxes your mind making people improve their creativity.
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Meanwhile,
daytime nap yet contains negative effects for your health:
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1. Sleep
inertia
Daytime nap might make ones feel groggy and dazed after waking up from a
nap.
2. Nighttime
sleep problems
Although, short naps generally don’t affect nighttime sleep, long naps
might interfere with nighttime sleep. Especially, people with insomnia or poor
sleep quality at night should take a caution of having daytime naps which might
worsen ones’ health.
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Therefore, I’ll recommend
ways of making daytime nap achieves its fullest benefits.
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1.) 15 to 30 minutes nap makes ones feel
energetic.
2.) 45 minutes to 1 hour nap improves
memory function and lower blood pressure
3.) Daytime nap shouldn’t last more than 1
hour period due to a higher risk from an early death. Researchers found that those who napped more
than 1 hour per day have higher risk of dying from various diseases including heart disease, cancer and
respiratory illnesses.
2. Suitable time for
daytime nap
Midafternoon
around 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. might be the best time for daytime nap because ones might experience post-lunch sleepiness or a lower level of alertness. Moreover, those are less interfered with nighttime
sleep.
3. Create a restful
environment
Daytime nap
should take place in a quiet and dark place. Ones might use blanket because of
body temperature abatement.
4. Daytime nap at certain daily time
This helps to
stabilize the circadian rhythms, the biological clock.
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To
conclude, I must say daytime nap has its benefits and negative effects and we
should change our attitudes towards daytime nap that it isn’t a real bad thing
if we try to make daytime nap in the best condition as I mentioned above.
If you want to know more,
how about having some daytime nap this afternoon?
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Written by:
Wanrada Suetrongtorkarn DSS#5 No.22
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