March 06, 2007
Power Naps for Health
Power Naps are great for you health according to this article!
The next time you get caught snoozing at a desk by a boss or a professor, tell them that sleep could save your life.
The results of the "largest study to date on the health effects of napping" were released in an Associated Press article two weeks ago.�
Researchers followed more than 23,000 healthy Greek adults for about six years and found that those who napped for about half an hour three times a week had a 37 percent lower risk of dying from heart attacks or other heart problems than those who did not take a nap, according to the study.
Lowering the risk of heart problems is only one of the benefits of a nap.�
Napping can also restore a person's alertness, enhance performance and reduce mistakes and accidents, according to the National Sleep Foundation's Web site.�
UA senior Loddie Conway is one student who admits to taking the occasional nap.�
"Who doesn't?" Conway said.�
"I am on the go a lot and sometimes I just need a little while to catch up on some lost sleep."
In addition to a full schedule, waking up early for morning classes can also cause students not to get a sufficient amount of sleep at night.
"I probably took more naps when I had a 7:30 a.m. class last semester," senior Ryan Spence said.�
"I would be so anxious to go home and take a long, hard nap," Spence said.
There is currently a trend of business owners attempting to increase their workers' productivity by allowing them to take naps.�
Some of these employers are even offering their associates a designated area for napping by installing a nap pod.
The MetroNaps pod is shaped like a recliner with a spherical device around a person's upper body that "creates a semi-private acoustical and visual environment," according to the Web site.�
The company MetroNaps was founded in 2003 and it "was born from the realization that many employees spend significant amounts of their day dozing at their desk or catching power naps in odd places," according to company's Web site.�
The next time you get caught snoozing at a desk by a boss or a professor, tell them that sleep could save your life.
The results of the "largest study to date on the health effects of napping" were released in an Associated Press article two weeks ago.�
Researchers followed more than 23,000 healthy Greek adults for about six years and found that those who napped for about half an hour three times a week had a 37 percent lower risk of dying from heart attacks or other heart problems than those who did not take a nap, according to the study.
Lowering the risk of heart problems is only one of the benefits of a nap.�
Napping can also restore a person's alertness, enhance performance and reduce mistakes and accidents, according to the National Sleep Foundation's Web site.�
UA senior Loddie Conway is one student who admits to taking the occasional nap.�
"Who doesn't?" Conway said.�
"I am on the go a lot and sometimes I just need a little while to catch up on some lost sleep."
In addition to a full schedule, waking up early for morning classes can also cause students not to get a sufficient amount of sleep at night.
"I probably took more naps when I had a 7:30 a.m. class last semester," senior Ryan Spence said.�
"I would be so anxious to go home and take a long, hard nap," Spence said.
There is currently a trend of business owners attempting to increase their workers' productivity by allowing them to take naps.�
Some of these employers are even offering their associates a designated area for napping by installing a nap pod.
The MetroNaps pod is shaped like a recliner with a spherical device around a person's upper body that "creates a semi-private acoustical and visual environment," according to the Web site.�
The company MetroNaps was founded in 2003 and it "was born from the realization that many employees spend significant amounts of their day dozing at their desk or catching power naps in odd places," according to company's Web site.�
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