I embrace my siesta
February 14, 2007
Like millions of others with coronary artery disease, I keep a sharp eye out for comforting news, especially when it agrees with my own prejudices. I liked this article, for obvious reasons.
Embrace your siesta for a healthy heart - International Herald Tribune
In a study released Monday, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and in Athens reported that people who took regular 30-minute naps were 37 percent less likely to die of heart disease over a six-year period than those who never napped. The scientists tracked more than 23,000 Greek adults, finding that the benefits of napping were most pronounced for working men.
I must admit that the last sentence above gives me pause, but never mind.
For more years than I can count, I have courted the after lunch nap. In a prior life it took the form of a ten-minute doze in my desk chair behind closed office doors. Today it is a half hour of glorious reading and snoozing on my bed.
Dave, counting the minutes to nap-time.
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Oh, to have a door I could close! Instead, should I attempt a quick cat-nap at my desk, alarms would sound, people would talk. Oh, the joys of life in a cubicle.
Does the big cheese have an office? Yes? Well, now you have your motivation.
Oh what a thought…. Leslie the Big Cheese. Who moved her cheese?