We all know what it is like when it reaches early afternoon and you start to fall asleep at your desk in the office, especially after a heavy night.
Study findings now show that a nodding off for a little catnap during the day can actually lower a person’s blood pressure and protect them against heart disease.
Researchers from Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, USA have revealed that having a 45 minute siesta provides a simple way of improving cardiovascular health.
The results follow reports that the average night sleep is now two hours shorter than it was half a century ago.
The experiment, which saw 85 students split into two groups, was published in Springer’s International Journal of Behavioural Medicine.
One group was given 60 minutes each day during which they could sleep whilst the other participants’ stayed awake during the day. They were all asked to complete a complex mental subtraction sub designed to raise blood pressure and cause stress.
Students who napped had significantly lower blood pressure rates during the post-activity recovery phrase than those who had no sleep.
The authors said the test proves the “recuperative and protective” benefits of a day time snooze.
So that’s set then; deploy a bed into your office for staff to nap on during their lunch breaks and just use a Memory mattress topper or Waterproof mattress protector to hygiene reasons.
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