Everyone has their own routine. Each one knows what routine they wanted to have. Experts are not adept at prolonged naps.
Naps. No, yes? If not, is it good or bad? If yes, for how long?
A study done about half a year ago warned that people who nap regularly are also more likely to develop high blood pressure and have a stroke.
And just last year, research suggested that prolonged naps are linked to a greater likelihood of developing mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease.
But, despite these warnings, many Portuguese continue to dream of a routine similar to that of our Spanish neighbors – many of them sleep a little after lunch.
A siesta disappears at age four, in most people. The office is not exactly the place for frequent naps.
However, many workers preferred to get some sleep in the early afternoon. But how much time? 20 minutes? A half hour?
Or there’s the argument that a nap isn’t a nap if you don’t wake up after four hours, with pillow marks on your face and disoriented as to what time it is – because it’s already dark outside.
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Waking up after sleeping 20 minutes is easy; and this time may be enough to increase energy. Sleeping half an hour is good for getting… dizzy. Sleeping for an hour increases short-term memory, but leads to drowsiness later on. A 90-minute nap would take you through a full REM cycle, could include dreaming and enhance creativity.
This sharing came about over the internet. The experts reacted.
For now, according to Camilo Andrés Ruiz, specialist in sleep medicine, naps are positive because they help recover energy and ability to concentrate in the tasks.
But left a Notice obvious: if you’re sleeping after lunch, it’s because you’re not getting enough sleep during the night. Perhaps you are restless, or restless; and that’s a problem. sleepat least, seven hours a day.
Camilo believes that people fall into a deep sleep if they sleep more than 15 or 20 minutes. Then you wake up “very groggy” and can affect your night sleep.
Another expert, Lauri Leadley, argues that less is more, in this context. “One 5 to 20 minute nap keeps you from falling into deeper REM sleep, which makes it easier to wake up; and you won’t get that post-nap grogginess associated with longer naps.”
And 10 minutes of difference can make a lot of difference. The person may feel a bit lost if he sleeps for 30 minutes instead of 20, for example.
By the way, if you are going to sleep for more than 20 minutes, it is better to extend the nap during one hour. “You can feel better after that”, comments Lauri. Memory will be better.
and a siesta a half hour? It can be useful, on a day when we had little sleep the previous morning.
If you need to make up for poor sleep the night before, a 90-minute nap can help. We need a full sleep cycle; a short nap is not the most appropriate on these days. And yes, we dream in those hour and a half naps – but we wake up with improved cognitive abilities, the brain is more “awake”.
A best time to take a nap is in the early afternoon – preferably before 14 hours. The later we take a nap, the harder it is to fall asleep at night.
But, again: the priority is to sleep well at night.
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