Short Sleep - Secrets to have Energy With Less Sleep

If done correctly, frequent naps will make you increase your energy tremendously throughout the day.

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^{As you may recall, there is a "natural" decrease in body temperature during mid-afternoon. This decline is the cause of many sleepy people throughout the day and that is why many people feel the need to have a nap in the afternoon! However, a nap with enhanced sleep system? The answer is yes and no.}

At noon naps, having a nap is usually a normal part of the culture, for example, Spain, Mexico. This has the following effect: As you know, we sleep through certain stages and sleep cycles. During the first sleep cycle, our body goes into deep sleep for the longest period of time, at which point our body temperature begins to fall really low, breathing, heart rate and Blood pressure drops.

If you've been awakened in deep sleep you know it, it's almost impossible to wake up. Getting up in or after a major stage of deep sleep makes you feel sluggish, slow and disoriented, for example: when you wake up in the night to go to the toilet, you wander in like a Ghosts and not even remember it in the morning.

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It takes about 45 minutes to enter the first phase of deep sleep. If you limit your nap to 45 minutes, you will sleep mainly at 2nd stage sleep. Stage 2 sleep also plays a major role in restoring physical energy, as you look at the previous chart, 50% of the time of sleep is used in the second sleep phase. This is why you may have heard of a simple 10 - minute nap that can completely recharge your energy. If you limit a 45-minute nap, you'll wake up feeling energized and energized right away.

However, if you have a longer nap for more than 1-2 hours, you will most likely fall into deep sleep. Your temperature will begin to fall away and when you wake up you will feel very sleepy and disoriented. In addition, when you go to sleep deep throughout the day, you rhythmically heat your body out of balance, it makes it hard for you to go to sleep later in the night. You will have trouble sleeping deep at night and will have negative consequences for the next day, such as poor energy, headaches, and nausea. It is better to have shorter naps.

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^{As you can see, taking a long nap is not the way it will lead you into a behavioral cycle that involves poor energy levels and poor sleep quality. This will greatly affect your health and life. Taking casual naps is one of the ways that sleep disorders develop.}

The correct way to have a nap is to keep them extremely short. This will prevent deep sleep and recharge your physical energy. Some studies have shown that even short naps can reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease by up to 30%.

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 ^{I personally recommend having a short nap of the day, you will be surprised how much you feel energized for the rest of the day.Minimize sleep for 45 minutes, if you still feel tired after a nap, shorten the nap time. The amount of time required for deep sleep varies from person to person.}

Because everyone experiences a drop in body temperature in the afternoon, we can assume that our natural decision is to have a nap in the afternoon. Maybe to keep our ancestors out of the sun at noon and from dangerous predators hunting?

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