S.D. sleep doctor gives tips on getting restorative benefits of sleep during your daytime routine
In 2006, sleep specialist Sara Mednick wrote an award-winning book, “Take a Nap! Change Your life.”
Instead of always being revved up, we must take time to smell the roses and let our cardio, metabolic, cognitive and emotional systems recoup to perform at our best.Or, as Mednick puts it, “we need to plug in and recharge our batteries.” There are optimal times during the day to be active and optimal times to rest. The body’s systems have their own rhythms, and they must be in sync to operate efficiently.
Bigger meals should be eaten earlier in the day. Fifty percent of calories should be consumed before noon when metabolism is higher. As the day winds down, so do our bodies; insulin levels drop and glucose is left in the bloodstream to be turned into fat. The revolutionary aspect of recent sleep research, Mednick says, is that it takes into account various systems within the body and how they all work together. So rather than focusing on a single aspect, a holistic approach is needed.
Chronic diseases can be linked to lack of restorative sleep, says Mednick. For instance, sleep researchers have found that measuring the number of slow, restorative sleep waves in people’s brains in their 40s or 50s is a predictor of their risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease in their 70s or 80s.
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