Some of the most successful people in the world swear by the great benefits of dozing off for 20-30 minutes in the afternoon.
But can grabbing an afternoon nap really make you more likely to develop deadly health conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and type 2 diabetes?
According to a controversial new study, the answer might actually be yes.
So what is the truth of this matter?
Read more in today’s article about what Chinese researchers had to say about the much-loved habit of a daily power nap. Also, join in the discussion happening right now…
According to a study published in the journal Sleep Medicine that was conducted by Chinese researchers, taking a nap in the afternoon may raise your risk of developing deadly health conditions.
The mega-study looked at the health of over 27,000 Chinese people. In China, an afternoon nap is a very popular event to schedule into the daytime activities.
What the researchers found was that people who took a nap of longer than 30 minutes every day were more likely to develop high cholesterol and type 2 diabetes.
However, most research on the topic of a short nap in the afternoon actually contradicts these findings. I, myself absolutely love the rejuvenating effects of a restful power nap in the afternoon.
What most studies agree on, however, is that if you take afternoon naps, it shouldn’t be longer than 30-40 minutes. After that, you enter deep sleep that’s more difficult to wake up from and may prevent you from sleeping well at night.
It is clear that more research needs to be done, and an examination of the Chinese study would also be helpful considering there are many other factors and variables to consider that could have influenced the results.
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Those in the Mediterranean and other more tropical countries have been taking ‘siesta’s’ in the afternoons for thousands of years. Where then was there any plagues of sorts, especially diabetes? Diabetes is a modern day plague, nothing whatsoever to do with sleeping in the afternoon.
People need to wake up to the modern day guru’s of health, and look at the consequences of their advice, they are nothing but an indoctrinated, brainwashed sector of society that is taught by an establishment that are responsible for poisoning us in the first place, as they are the ones who are responsible for our water, and food supply, and who permit the massive adulteration of our diet with the most pervasive additives that science can devise. All in the name of nutrition of course.
Never mind what they say – just take a look around you and see what is happening to the health of your family and friends. That will tell you the truth of it all. I hardly know anyone who are not on some kind of medication or other pharmaceutical aids.
Feel tired – take a nap – your body is trying to tell you something.
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Maybe it’s not that a nap is bad for you, but rather if you have to sleep longer than 40 minutes during the day it means you are not getting enough sleep at night and that can cause health problems. Sometimes I sleep two hours during the day because I only got four or five hours of sleep the night before. I still think it’s better to get the sleep, any way you can, than to go without it, but sleeping eight hours every night would be the best and the most healthy.
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Did the study factor in dietary habits? The study participants were probably government workers who overeat at corruption banquets and take naps all day.