July 05, 2006
Want to live to age 100? Try a power nap.
| Dr. Maoshing Ni: Prepare for your 100th year Los Angeles Daily News, CA - ... As long as people are willing to try a little bit at a time, they will feel the benefits.". Power nap: "I say sleep your way to 100. Everyone should take a nap. It does help people get a second wind, and it's an easy way to slow down and take in life." Ni asserts that nappers have a 30 percent lower risk for heart disease and stroke, so it pays to work in that nap whenever you can. "Negotiate with your boss if possible, or just go out and relax in your car for 20 minutes.".... |
Power Naps can Prevent Burnout
If you work long hours or the graveyard shift, you may want to consider power naps or cat naps.
Health: Working in a Graveyard Shift?
Web WALEG.com« The Healing Power of Needles | Health HomeJuly 05, 2006Working in a Graveyard Shift?Filed under: T
.....If you’re working in a graveyard shift or suffering sleeping difficulties that of a call center agent, check out these tips and suggestions:1. Relax, read a favorite book, listen to a soothing music or take a bath before you go to bed so you won’t have any trouble sleeping.
2. Since you are sleeping in the morning, place thick curtains in your room so that your room won’t be too bright as you sleep. If that’s not possible, it would be best to use sleep mask.
3. Take a power nap before you work to prevent burnout..........
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Sleeping on the job can be productive!
According to this article, taking short naps to catch up on sleep can actually increase your productivity! Next time you feel like dozing off, make it up with a quick power nap.
Rocky Mountain News: Health & fitness
...Dr. Sara Mednick of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, the nation's unofficial queen of naps and author of Take a Nap! Change Your Life, has done research showing that a "60- to 90-minute early-afternoon nap can improve perceptual-skill learning as much as a full night's sleep."
She discovered this by having sleep-deprived volunteers recall the position of bars on a computer screen. Those who weren't allowed to nap had lower scores by the evening of the first day, while people who took 60- to 90-minute naps not only saw improvement that evening but were 50 percent better at the test than non-nappers 24 hours later....
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