We are just a few days to celebrating World Sleep Day. This is a day set aside to commemorate and discuss about sleep issues.
The World Sleep Day was first celebrated on March 14, 2008. It is commemorated with a goal to celebrate the benefits of good and healthy sleep, to draw society’s attention to the burden of sleep problems and their medical, educational, and social aspects, as well as to promote the prevention and management of sleep disorders.
The top researchers from the American College of Cardiology published a paper on the importance of power naps to the heart.
The paper will be presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 68th Annual Scientific Session on Monday next week.The research discovered that people who take a nap at midday tend to have lower blood pressure and better cardiac heal
“Midday sleep appears to lower blood pressure levels at the same magnitude as other lifestyle changes.
Naps lower blood pressure ,the same effect that a low dose hypertensive medication would have on a person suffering from high blood pressure.
Participants wore blood pressure monitors to measure and track blood pressure at regular intervals during routine daily living.B
It was found that those who napped during the day had on average 5.3 lower blood pressure those who did not nap.
The doctor said that sleeping at midday lowered the risk of heart conditions such as heart attacks by 10 per cent.