Naps are bad for health

Introduction

Healthy living requires creating time for a nap despite the busy schedules.

· Studies conducted by Milner & Cote (2009) discovered that rest during the day boosts performance and learning

· In contrast, Rajiv & Harjvot (2006) affirmed that naps lead to increased morbidity and mortality rates

· As a result, such nap must have been a compensation for disorder Rajiv & Harjvot.

· But is napping dangerous to healthy?

Thesis statement:

Does the healthy benefit of napping outweigh the health risks? In answering this question, this question, this presentation seeks to explores the various empirical evidence supporting the health benefit of nap.

· Cash is saved when one naps because it replaces the costly trips to the café (American heart association 2018)

· Napping helps one learn new skill and increases creativity. When one naps the brain processes information stuffed into it (Milner & Cote 2009)

· Naps helps one’s memory. Its easier to recall facts and activities learned earlier in the day when one naps (American heart association 2018)

· Naps improve daytime alertness (American heart association 2018)

Although some research shows that naps are harmful to health over-time,

· A study in Harvard proved that naps help increase sleep time and help people sleep better (Heartbeat n.d)

· Short naps have been proven to promote alertness and performance during an extended work period (Bonnet & Arand 1994)

· Daytime naps help people dealing with some sort of sleeping disorder or people who are sleep deprived (Rajiv & Harjvot 2006).

· naps can release stress and improve immune health (Scott.E. 2020).

Opposing view and rebuttal:

· Opposing view: some articles speculate that mapping too close to one’s bedtime can cause inability to get night time sleep (Szabo.G. 2018)

· Rebuttal: it’s clear that naps are highly beneficial to one growth and development. If naps are taken in the afternoon and not close to bed time and kept short the health benefits really outweigh the health hazards (American heart association 2018)

Conclusion

Naps are overly beneficial to one’s health and wellness. Naps are not just for kids and adults should also find naps more as its helps with recovery and sharpness. Given these facts, when individual keeps naps short and not so long that sleep inertia occurs, they provide recovery benefits without leaving any napper feeling afterwards.

References

Health beat, n.d. The benefits of napping. Retrieved 10 October, 2020 https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/the-benefits-of-napping

American Heart Association (2018). Take a Nap: The Benefits of Napping and How to Make It Work for You. Retrieved 17 October 2020 https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-lifestyle/sleep/benefits-of-napping

Milner CE, Cote KA. Benefits of napping in healthy adults: impact of nap length, time of day, age, and experience with napping. Journal of Sleep Research. May 2009. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00718.x

Bonnet M.H, Arand D.L (1994) Impact of naps and caffeine on extended nocturnal performance https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9384(94)90266-6

Scott E.(2020) The Overwhelming Benefits of Power Napping accessed from https://www.verywellmind.com/power-napping-health-benefits-and-tips-stress-3144702#:~:text=And%20research%20shows%20that%20you%20can%20make%20yourself,time%2C%20increased%20learning%2C%20more%20efficiency%2C%20and%20better%20health.

Rajiv D, Harjvot .S (2006) Good sleep, bad sleep! The role of daytime naps in healthy adults November 2006 – Volume 12 – Issue 6 – p 379-382

doi: 10.1097/01.mcp.0000245703.92311.d0