Sleep Is Good For Your Heart: General Health

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

Sleep Is Good For Your Heart
If you get less sleep than you need, you increase your arterial aging and risk of heart attack.

Studies have shown that the optimal amount of sleep is seven to eight hours per night for men, and six to seven hours for women. And those hours need to be solid hours.

You have to be snoozing about two and a half hours in a row before your sleep becomes truly restorative.

Source: Dr. Michael Roizen

Y's Guy · **Site Rank:** Moderator

So do you think a 30 minute power nap is a bad thing? Do you think it does no good to take a nap during the day?

tammy · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

There are monitors out there that you can wear while you sleep that will determine how effective your sleep is. I am curious to try one of those out someday. Unfortunately, I think they are a little on the pricey side. It would be interesting to see how effective I sleep though.

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

Y's Guy wrote:

So do you think a 30 minute power nap is a bad thing? Do you think it does no good to take a nap during the day?

I heard a short nap during the day is a very good thing for everyone.

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

I read on the internet that most teenagers need 8.5 to 9 hours of sleep each night to be their best at school, at sports, and on the go.

tammy · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

I know a lot of people who take naps during the day, but I've never been one of those people.

Number 1, I don't think I would be able to fall asleep in the middle of the day, and number 2, I feel like if I take a nap it would interfere with me getting a good night's sleep that night...

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