When you get older, you will find that you don't have enough energy every day, and you always feel particularly tired. In fact, for the elderly, their physical fitness is getting worse and worse, and they often can't sleep well at night. For the elderly, they need more sleep time every day to be healthier, because they recover slowly, suffer from insomnia at night and wake up early in the morning. A proper nap is good for them, so do you still need a nap when you are old? How does a nap help?

First, it can relieve fatigue.

Nowadays people often have a lot of things to do, but even the elderly can't write them down. Therefore, if you can take a nap after being busy, you can relieve the fatigue of your body and prevent excessive fatigue from affecting your health. Medical research shows that everyone's body gets up in the morning to about 10, which is the most vigorous time. After that, the mental patient will not be in a good state, but after a nap, his energy will recover faster, just like being charged.

One of the secrets of longevity: take a nap! What are the benefits of taking a nap for the elderly?

Second, the body's disease resistance is better.

After the investigation, it will be found that if the healthy and long-lived elderly people have the habit of taking a nap, it is more appropriate to take a nap within half an hour after lunch, because after eating, if they want to digest food better, their bodies will change and sympathetic nerves will dominate the whole body. So a proper nap at this time can stimulate lymphocytes in the body and make your immune system more active.

Third, reduce the incidence of heart disease.

In fact, some medical scientists have done research and found that if you can take a nap for 30 minutes every day, it will not only make your hormone secretion more balanced, but also reduce the incidence of coronary heart disease. Surveys have been made all over the world, and in some places with nap habits, the incidence of coronary heart disease will be much lower.

If some adults don't get enough sleep for a long time, the mortality rate will increase a lot, which is higher than that of people who often sleep for seven or eight hours 180%. If you don't get enough sleep online, you can take a nap at noon, so that you can live longer.

Fourth, you can adjust your mood and relieve tension.

Many people feel very tired and want to sleep after lunch. In fact, taking a ten-minute nap at noon every day can relieve fatigue and drowsiness. It is better to sleep for two hours than at night. American psychologists have done research. Taking a nap in the afternoon can regulate mood, mental stress and relieve stress.

Note: the elderly should not take a nap.

Therefore, watching the elderly take a nap has many benefits, but you should also pay attention when sleeping, don't lie on the sofa, and don't take a nap on the table, because this may lead to dizziness and tinnitus, which is caused by cerebral ischemia in the process. After all, the elderly are in poor health and have weak heart function. It is easy to slow down the blood flow when sleeping, which will have a great influence on the brain.

You don't need to sleep for long, it only takes about half an hour. I believe I have a better understanding of siesta after reading it.

Taking a nap is a rest habit for many people. Some people invented a nap biological clock. If I don't sleep at noon, I always feel something is missing. With the rapid development of the times, people's work pressure is increasing, and the pace of work is getting faster and faster. Taking a nap can relieve the busyness and stress in the morning and improve the work efficiency in the afternoon. Taking a nap not only helps to improve work efficiency, but also helps to keep healthy.

So what are the benefits of taking a nap after 55? Let's take a look together!

What are the benefits of taking a nap? Sleeping after lunch may contribute to health and longevity.

Prevent coronary heart disease and cerebral thrombosis;

Coronary heart disease and cerebral thrombosis are the most common diseases in middle-aged and elderly people. Napping has a good protective effect on the heart. According to the survey, the heart rate of people who take a nap is much smaller than that of people who don't take a nap. With the increase of age, the heart problems of middle-aged and elderly people will gradually appear. People can't stop the occurrence of heart disease, but they can stop the speed of heart disease.

Coronary heart disease is a common disease in middle-aged and elderly people. The early manifestations of coronary heart disease are angina pectoris and chest tightness. Angina pectoris is mainly a short-term pain caused by coronary artery stenosis, which usually lasts for about five minutes. Taking a nap is good for protecting the heart and giving it a rest so that it can work better.

Cerebral thrombosis is also a common disease in middle-aged and elderly people. Atherosclerosis is one of the main causes of thrombosis, and the fluctuation of blood pressure will indirectly promote the formation of cerebral thrombosis. Taking a nap is beneficial to lowering blood pressure, and gradually stabilizing blood pressure can prevent cerebral thrombosis.

So taking a nap after 55 may be better than taking expensive tonic.

Alzheimer's disease is a disease that appears slowly after middle age. Napping helps to prevent Alzheimer's disease;

The most obvious symptom of Alzheimer's disease is memory loss. There are many factors that affect memory, such as "fatigue, fatigue, lack of rest, etc." Middle-aged and elderly people are tired much faster than young people, and taking a nap is very helpful to relieve fatigue. Napping is very important for middle-aged and elderly people because it can rest their brains and improve their mood in the afternoon.

Some middle-aged and elderly people will feel sleepy, tired and depressed in the afternoon. Then, by taking a nap, middle-aged and elderly people can get better first, then go out to exercise with people of similar age, then feel better, and finally be full of energy, which is of great help to memory.

Alzheimer's disease can be relieved by exercise, happiness and high mood. If you are sleepy, tired and sleepy every day, it will only accelerate the pace of Alzheimer's disease.

Taking a nap helps to lower people's blood pressure and is very friendly to patients with hypertension:

As we all know, blood pressure tends to drop during a nap. After people enter middle age, Sangao will find upper body hypertension, which is one of Sangao. Most people choose to use drugs to lower their blood pressure when their blood pressure is high. According to the survey, taking a nap can also lower blood pressure, so some people with higher blood pressure can take a nap after meals. There are many ways to relieve hypertension, but taking a nap is the most convenient and the lowest cost.

Besides the above, taking a nap has many benefits. So what should middle-aged and elderly people pay attention to when taking a nap?

First of all, some middle-aged and elderly people will choose to sit and sleep. Middle-aged and elderly people like to sit and take a nap for convenience. But when you sit and sleep, the blood in your body can't circulate smoothly, and the blood supply to your brain will be insufficient. Insufficient blood supply to the brain leads to dizziness, fatigue and lethargy, which has a great impact on the health of middle-aged and elderly people. Sitting and sleeping is not conducive to the safety of middle-aged and elderly people. When you sleep sitting down, you may turn around or fall down. Therefore, for the sake of safety and health, middle-aged and elderly people should not sit and sleep.

Then, some middle-aged and elderly people can't go to bed immediately after eating. There is a digestive process after food is eaten. If you go to sleep immediately, all the blood will be concentrated in the stomach, and the oxygen supply to the brain will also be affected. Therefore, you should take a nap after a short rest.

Finally, middle-aged and elderly people should take a nap for about half an hour. Now many middle-aged and elderly people have nothing to do at home, so they like to lie in bed with their eyes closed. You will fall asleep with your eyes closed, and the amount of exercise will decrease after you fall asleep, which provides a shortcut for the arrival of Alzheimer's disease.

Middle-aged and elderly people need a nap, which not only protects the heart, but also lowers blood pressure. Napping can improve the mood of middle-aged and elderly people, make them feel better, feel better and have less troubles. Therefore, taking a nap regularly after 55 is very good for your health. Ok, that's all for today's sharing. It is best to take a nap for half an hour, but don't sleep too much!