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A Surprising and Enjoyable Habit That Can Add Years to Your Life

January 4, 2012 by Joi 3 Comments

Book links are usually affiliate links. This means I earn a small percentage when you click through and buy the book. This costs you nothing extra - it simply allows me to keep my cats in the lifestyle they're accustomed to.

Cats are onto something: Naps are as healthy as they are enjoyable.

A recent article on WebMd dealt with things that can help us live longer lives.  Some of the tips were kind of expected.  After all we all know that eating right, not smoking, and making healthy choices are important to longevity.  However, I got a kick out of a unexpected healthy habit that made the list:  Taking Daily Naps.  A recent study with 24,000 participants suggests that regular nappers are 37% less likely to die from heart disease than occasional nappers.

Not only are naps a perfect, delicious way to catch up on sleep, experts believe they keep stress hormones down, which is a great benefit to your heart’s health – to say nothing of your disposition!

The next time you want to catch a few zzzz’s, just tell everyone you’re only doing it for your heart. 😉

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: benefits of taking naps, heart health, stress

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  1. nazvi says

    January 5, 2012 at 8:06 pm

    Napping can help anyone to prevent various physical weaknesses.We all know its all about healthy living.To keep ourselves healthy and happy we should start napping.

  2. Clint Cora says

    January 11, 2012 at 6:25 pm

    This is interesting but regardless if there is enough solid scientific evidence for extending lifespan from taking naps, I know that taking even a 20 to 30 minute nap sometimes just refreshes me enough to do whatever I do for the second half of my day.

  3. Brian says

    January 18, 2012 at 7:37 pm

    I love taking afternoon naps! Nice to know they’re actually good for me too.

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