At noon, a good rest is also a part of health. Especially for office workers, it is very important to do a good job of physical prevention. Taking a nap can not only improve your health, but also improve your mental state in the afternoon, which will be more helpful to your work. Because everyone's work is very busy now, sometimes they can't afford to rest. When they are tired and tired, they will choose to lie on the table and take a nap. How to do a good job of taking a nap?
What are the benefits of a nap
A nap can lift your spirits
Taking a nap for about half an hour a day can help to lift your spirits. Especially for office workers who need to face higher intensity of work every day, their spirits will be better after a nap, their tense emotions can also be relieved, and their work efficiency will be improved.
Naps enhance memory
Taking a nap can help enhance one's memory ability. Especially when the nap time is about 10 minutes, people's cognitive function can be effectively improved. If you want to effectively consolidate memory, nap time will need to be longer.
Naps enhance sexual activity
Keeping a regular nap every day can help maintain sexual ability. It is easy to affect the body's sex hormone level and reduce sexual function if it is under high intensity work every day. Regular daily lunch break can effectively relieve fatigue, help the body maintain normal sex hormone levels, thus effectively enhancing sexual ability.
Napping reduces the risk of heart disease
Taking about half an hour's nap at noon every day can help reduce the risk of heart disease. In particular, people who sleep less than 6 hours or more than 8 hours at night are more likely to suffer from heart disease if their heart is not effectively rested.
Napping can make up for the lack of sleep at night
For people who sleep less than 6 hours at night, their mental state will be worse the next day. If it is about half an hour's nap at noon, it can effectively supplement energy and improve work efficiency.
How to take a proper nap?
1. Take a 15 minute break after lunch
Many white-collar workers usually have a short lunch break. At this time, Taormina will take a lunch break immediately after eating. In order to save time to go to bed, it is not right to do so. It will only let your blood flow to the stomach and lower the body's blood pressure. At this time, the oxygen supply and nutrition of the brain will decline, It can lead to problems with insufficient blood supply to the brain.
After lunch, it's better to have a rest of about 15 minutes and then take a nap. After lunch should not be immediately put into work, this will lead to blood flow to the gastrointestinal tract reduced, affect digestion, easy to lead to indigestion. In addition, it's better not to eat too greasy or too full for lunch.
2. Have an inflatable neck pillow in the office
Although the nap time is short, but also many things to pay attention to, the correct sleeping position is not oppressed to the internal organs. Best can sleep on the bed or sofa, head high feet low, take the right lying position, reduce the pressure on the heart. If conditions do not permit, prepare an inflatable neck pillow, put it around your neck, and then find a chair with a back and take a nap. It's better than sleeping on the table.
3. Keep a thin blanket or coat in the office
When people sleep, muscle relaxation, telangiectasia, porosities, improper warmth can easily lead to cold or other diseases. So it's better to prepare a thin blanket or a coat in the office, and keep warm during the nap. Even in summer, most offices have air conditioning and the temperature is low. Also need to pay attention not to let the air conditioner or fan directly blow to the body, avoid direct blowing.
4. Drink a glass of water after you wake up
Generally speaking, people need a period of time to relax after waking up. It's better to drink a glass of water and recover energy before starting to work. Especially some more complex or high-risk work, do not rush into the working state immediately.
5. The position of nap
The head should be high and the feet should be low, lying on the right side. This reduces the pressure on the heart and prevents snoring. And white collar nap do not form the habit of lying on the table, because it will reduce the blood supply to the brain, make people appear dizzy and weak after waking up, which is the symptoms of cerebral hypoxia and ischemia.
Keep a good nap position, it will be better for everyone's health, but also can maintain adequate spirit. I hope you can improve your health and mental health. It is very important to form a reasonable lunch break habit. We must pay attention to good rest, ensure abundant work experience, and avoid sleeping on the table in the morning. In this way, the body is in a healthy state and can stay away from their bad habits.