Take a nap is frowned upon by everyone, but the truth is that few minutes of sleep in the afternoon we could really all. have recently been shown that a nap can help us improve our reaction time at work and 45 minutes of sleep during the day strengthen the heart . Now, a group of scientists and doctors from Latin American Sleep Society (SLS) are launching a campaign to rescue the value of the siesta , reports BBC News . Do we really need one nap to live better? Daniel Vigo, psychophysiology specialist, told the BBC that the problem we face today is that more and sleep less . "In a recent study we did in major cities in Latin America-Mexico City, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires , we find that people are sleeping between one hour and an hour and a half less than 50 years ago , "said researcher also National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), this web site .
" In addition, 50% of respondents, about health problems was lack of sleep , "added the expert. This reality is lived almost everywhere in the world. And the day we yields little for all the things we need to do daily-arranged, food, transportation, comply with working time, take care of our house and children, spend time with your partner, cooking, etc.., And so on. So with so many things to do where we take time to take a nap? Experts say that a nap of 20 to 40 minutes is enough to inject energy into a person . "Of course the recovery period depends on the need of rest for each person. Some need more than 20 minutes, others 25 minutes are fine, and there are those who require 40," said Vigo BBC . Now, how take a nap if we spent almost all day at the office? The experts say it is important to spread the benefits of napping can occur in an employee . "The idea is that [commanders] were aware that the nap can improve employee productivity," said Daniel Leynaud, a specialist in business and corporate innovation at BBC . So it falls on us some responsibility to make promotion naps. This information about your health benefits must be done among all the people running our office, making sure it reaches the eyes of the Human Resources staff and bosses. Before sleep, spread the word!