Don’t you think it’s time to reduce your stress level by just taking a little nap daily? Nowadays most of us work extremely long hours and are always in a rush, especially if you inhabit a city such as: New York, Los Angeles, Miami, London, and Boston. Have you ever sat down and think about how napping can be beneficial for your health and reduces stress in your life?
Not just stress, what about some of the most silent killers related ailments known to mankind such as diabetes, coronary heart disease, etc. Are you prepared for them when they knock on your door, or should you prepare yourself before they knock on your door? My observation is that when ever I take a nap through out the day, I wake up with so much more energy, and often people will tell me “Wow you look so much younger for your age, or you look so much more energize today”, and it’s all because I took a nap.
I’m not the type of scientist who work on related topics of how napping affect our lives and health, there are other scientist who study this medium. However, I’m the type of scientist, an exercise scientist, who helps contribute to related research such as stress, and who is concerned about how exercise couple with napping can help you reduce stress and overcome many challenges in the health department. Read what one of the world’s top scientist like Trichopoulus have to say about napping and stress.
Trichopoulos' expertise is in cancer prevention. A courtly man at 68, he teaches both at Harvard and at the University of Athens. He says, "In the way life is organized here, you start with stress commuting, and you finish with stress, which is again the commuting. So to have in the middle of the day a time when you can relax, it can only be good, or at least not bad."
Trichopoulos looked specifically at whether taking a nap gives protection against heart attacks.
The results were published earlier this year in an American medical journal. Greek men who napped at least 30 minutes a day were significantly less likely to die from heart attacks, compared with those who didn't nap. Read the rest of this article here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12382344&sc=emaf
Ibsen Alexandre
Health and Fitness Professional


