Getting the most from taking a power nap


	Getting the most from taking a power nap

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3-25-2007 7:04 AM

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"According to new studies, nothing tunes up mind and body like a good nap. But there's an art to catching the right kind of z's."

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ccea8fd6-8b7b-4b8e-b7db-8f87df78fbf1/1EFDF0E5-F670-48C6-9CB9-785644ADC0DE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.mensjournal.com/healthFitness/0601/napping_power.html" href="http://www.mensjournal.com/healthFitness/0601/napping_power.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.mensjournal.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mensjournal.com/healthFitness/0601/napping_power.html"><FONT size="-1"><B>1</B> The first consideration is psychological: Recognize that you're not being lazy; napping will make you more productive and more alert after you wake up.
<BR /><B>2</B> Try to nap in the morning or just after lunch; human circadian rhythms make late afternoons a more likely time to fall into deep (slow-wave) sleep, which will leave you groggy.
<BR /><B>3</B> Avoid consuming large quantities of caffeine as well as foods that are heavy in fat and sugar, which meddle with a person's ability to fall asleep.
<BR /><B>4</B> Instead, in the hour or two before your nap time, eat foods high in calcium and protein, which promote sleep. 
<BR /><B>5</B> Find a clean, quiet place where passersby and phones won't disturb you.
<BR /><B>6</B> Try to darken your nap zone, or 
wear an eyeshade. Darkness stimulates melatonin, the sleep-
inducing hormone.
<BR /><B>7</B> Remember that body temperature drops when you fall asleep. Raise the room temperature or use a blanket.
<BR /><B>8</B> Once you are relaxed and in position to fall asleep, set your alarm for the desired duration (see below).</FONT></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1EFDF0E5-F670-48C6-9CB9-785644ADC0DE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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