Finally! We’ve been looking for a valid reason to justify the afternoon nap and now we have it. Researchers at the European Society of Cardiology conference in London stated that that an hour or more nap benefits people. It can cut blood pressure and lower the chance of a heart attack or stroke. It also contributes to people taking fewer blood pressure medications.
Lead researcher, Dr Manolis Kallistratos, a cardiologist at Asklepieion Voula General Hospital in Athens, Greece, said, “Two influential UK prime ministers were supporters of the midday nap. Winston Churchill said that we must sleep some time between lunch and dinner while Margaret Thatcher didn’t want to be disturbed around 3pm. According to our study, they were right because midday naps seem to lower blood pressure levels and may probably also decrease the number of required antihypertensive medications.”
Now go take a nap and if you really need an excuse, tell people you are doing it for your health.
