Napping helps you stay awake when working in the afternoon, but sleeping too much right after eating is harmful.
When it comes to healthy work and rest times, people will think of going to bed early and waking up early with a nap in the afternoon. After working hard in the morning, the body needs rest. Napping can improve work efficiency and spirit in the afternoon.
However, how and when to nap is also important. If you nap the wrong way for a long time, it can affect your health.
Falling asleep at your desk is not a good habit. Illustration: Muse
Does napping affect longevity?
Currently, more and more studies are finding that napping too much will affect health, especially for people over 50 years old.
If the daily nap time is within half an hour, the risk of cardiovascular disease will decrease. But if it exceeds 1 hour, the risk of diseases including cardiovascular, cancer will increase.
If you have a sleep disorder, napping too much will also affect your sleep at night. If you don't sleep well at night, you'll take longer naps. That forms a vicious cycle of harm to the body.
According to Aboluowang, here are 5 bad nap habits everyone should change as soon as possible:
Take a nap right after eating
You should eat a moderate amount of food, do not sleep right after lunch. Illustration: Times of India
Going to bed right after eating will slow down the rate of bowel movements, causing food to stagnate in the stomach and difficult to digest. After eating, sleeping for a few hours will be harmful to the body. Therefore, it is best to take a nap after eating for a while.
Wrong sleeping position
Sleeping with your head on your hand will affect blood circulation to the brain, causing cerebral ischemia, lack of oxygen and leading to headaches. Falling asleep on the table will also lead to insufficient blood supply to the brain.
Wake up now
If you wake up immediately after taking a nap, the amount of blood and oxygen supplied to the brain will temporarily not be enough, easily causing dizziness, dark circles under the eyes, unsteadiness and possibly an accident due to a fall. Therefore, when you wake up from a nap, sit for about three minutes, wait for your body to adapt, and then get up.
Sleeping too much
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends napping for healthy adults between 15 minutes and 30 minutes. Infants and the elderly may take a little longer.
Because the brain of the elderly declines faster, blood flow to the brain will decrease. They need a nap for blood flow to be restored. Elderly people need to arrange a nap time at about 15 pm, limit the time to sleep within half an hour.
Overeating at lunch
Eating too much can easily lead to indigestion and cause certain harms to health. In particular, foods that are high in substances or are too spicy can make sleep worse by hindering digestion and increasing the risk of heartburn. For this reason, most experts advise against eating too much and too close to bedtime.
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