Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) — Don’t hesitate to sleep a little, as it can be hard to take the time to rejuvenate and recharge amid your daily responsibilities, but the benefits of naps help you improve your health and productivity, so take a break if you feel tired.
And if you do not suffer from “lack of sleep due to the Corona virus” (Coronainsomnia), a term used by some for not being able to sleep or sleep well during the Corona virus pandemic, the benefits of a situational nap are healthy, provided that it does not exceed 45 minutes so as not to interfere with the rhythm of the clock Biology, which affects sleep time at night.
And if you are not suffering from a lack of sleep due to the Corona virus, here are 5 reasons that motivate you to sleep for a short period during the day:
Losing an hour of sleep due to moving the clock forward
And if bringing the clock forward in line with daylight saving time wears you out the most, you’re not the only one struggling with it. This change inspired the designation of National Nap Day on March 14th.
The late Boston University professor and psychologist William Anthony and his wife, Camille, designated National Nap Day in 1999, with the aim of breaking the American cultural bias once morest napping, and raising awareness regarding the health benefits of compensating for quality sleep.
Anthony’s 2006 article in BU Today stated: “We thought that celebrating the importance of naps would be good for anyone who has been deprived of an hour of sleep,” noting that the majority of Americans suffer from a lack of sleep.
Therefore, some workplaces have set naps during the day.
A nap can give your brain energy
A NASA-funded study of astronauts found that two-and-a-half-hour naps improved working memory performance, which includes focusing attention on one task while maintaining performance on others. Poor working memory can cause errors, according to a NASA press release.
The study pointed out that following taking a nap, one will enjoy alertness and relaxation immediately followingwards.
Reduced risk of heart disease
And a study published in the Journal of the Heart in 2019 showed that napping once or twice a week may reduce the risk of heart attacks or strokes.
The study authors followed 3,400 people between the ages of 35 and 75 for more than five years, and found that those who took one or two naps a week, for between five minutes and an hour, were less likely to have a heart attack, stroke, or heart failure. 48%.
Contributing to weight loss
And a 2020 study on women showed that the more sleep deprived women are, the more likely they are to eat added sugar, fatty foods, and caffeine.
She explained that lack of good sleep leads to overeating, because insufficient sleep stimulates hunger and suppresses hormonal indicators of satiety. The researchers found that these findings are significant because women are more likely to develop obesity and sleep disturbances from eating large amounts of food.
The study also found that naps improved overall sleep quality, even during the night.
Boost creativity
Another study found that the right side of the brain is more associated with creative tasks such as visualization and thinking, and naps may enhance its performance, while the left side is more associated with analysis.
The researchers, who monitored the brain activity of 15 people, saw that the right side of their brain was activated by communicating with itself and with the left side of it, which was kept relatively calm. In a January 2020 study of 2,214 Chinese adults aged 60 and over, participants who took a five-minute to two-hour followingnoon nap had better mental flexibility than those who didn’t.
