Sleep after a meal in the afternoon

Many could notice that immediately after eating, they constantly pull to sleep. As it turned out, sleep after eating is a natural physiological process, characteristic of almost any living creature. 

The use and harm of sleeping after eating

Studies have shown that even a short day's sleep after eating can positively influence the metabolic processes, and also helps to avoid excess weight gain. The scientists found out that thanks to only half an hour of sleep, metabolism in muscles is accelerated by about 40%, and fat deposits are prevented.

Recently, a new, sensational discovery has also been made - it was found that daytime sleep reduces the risk of developing various cardiovascular pathologies, as well as mortality due to their cause by 37%. People who do not deny themselves a short afternoon snack, are less likely to suffer from heart attacks with strokes, as well as the development of hypertension.

Afternoon sleep relieves irritability, prevents disruption of the function of the National Assembly, increases efficiency, and also positively affects a person's ability to perceive and process any information, improving and speeding up this process.

But sleep after eating food can also be harmful, although these shortcomings are rather insignificant in comparison with its positive effects. It can have such a negative effect on the body:

• if you lie in a position on your side or on your stomach, the internal organs are squeezed;
• Entering after ingestion of blood glucose inhibits the activity of the hormone orexin (it is considered a hormone responsible for a healthy state, and increases the tone). Such passive behavior (sleep) contributes to the process of suppression;
• Because of the habit of sleeping after eating, cellulite can develop.

In the horizontal position, the food is digested more slowly, the digestion cycle lengthens, resulting in the digestive tract having to work longer and more intensively than it is supposed to - that's why it is considered that sleeping after eating can be harmful to the body.

Why sleep after eating?

Why do you want to sleep after a meal? The most understandable and simple for an ordinary man in the street is such an explanation - after consuming food, the body completely, with all its energy resources, switches to digesting foods, as well as their correct digestion by the stomach. The blood begins to flow to the lower part of the body, as a result of which, accordingly, its inflow to the brain decreases. Because of this, he stops supplying oxygen in the required amount, which causes a feeling of drowsiness.

As a result of the experiment, we managed to find out that after eating food, the activity of brain cells, which are responsible for wakefulness of the body, is greatly reduced - this causes a feeling of drowsiness. Together with this, the thinking process and reaction rate are also slowed down.

That's why experts recommend not to start performing intellectual work right after lunch break - because of the increased level of sugar in the body, the process of passing pulses inside nerve cells is disrupted.

Daytime nap after eating

Daytime sleep is also called siesta - from the Spanish word "siesta". Siesta is traditionally found in countries with hot climates, where it is customary to relax in the hot midday hours. It occurs usually in the interval between 12 and 15 hours of the day. Although there are countries (for example, Italy), where dinner takes place after 16 hours, because of which the period of the siesta is somewhat shifted - towards evening.

Siesta has a significant effect on the body. There is a large number of studies on this topic conducted by famous scientists. It is believed that for health this is very useful - the correct holding of the siesta can improve the efficiency and performance of a person at least 1.5 times.

In particular, this factor is relevant against the backdrop of high loads, both physical and mental, along with emotional - when the period of night sleep decreases to a period of less than 6 hours.

Many studies have been conducted to determine how the siesta affects the body as a whole, as well as the separate functioning of its various organs. It was proved that daytime sleep is of great benefit.

The feeling of vivacity, as well as the high spirits that a person feels after a day's sleep, are conditioned by the fact that the body receives a small rest. Afternoon sleep allows a person to get rid of accumulated stress, as well as tension. During this sleep, the brain is cleared of unnecessary information, as well as the systematization of information that was received in the first half of the day. After a rest, even if it lasted only 20 minutes, there is a surge of strength and energy.

The most suitable for a siesta is a period of time in the interval of 14-15 hours of the day - it is in this period that the body needs a respite, and it should not be resisted. If you do not get a siesta every day, you should try to arrange at least 2-3 times a week a short afternoon nap.

The most effective siesta will be if it lasts 20-40 minutes. It is not recommended to sleep more than 1 hour, as this will harm the body on the contrary - after an hour of sleep, too deep immersion starts, which can cause the internal rhythm to malfunction (the organism begins to confuse the day with the night).

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Does the dream after eating a figure

Sleep after eating has many advantages, among which is the ability to eliminate lack of sleep, which can directly affect the weight and shape.

According to existing studies, people who sleep less than 5.5-6 hours per night may have problems with getting rid of excess weight.

For example, in Finland, about 7 years, a study was conducted, which involved 7,022 people who were in the middle age. It was noted that women who suffered from lack of sleep, weighed much more than those who fully slept at night. On average, the difference in weight between them was 11 pounds. In addition, it should be noted that the first category was also more difficult and lose weight.

It's bad for the body to sleep, because it affects the hormonal balance negatively, which in turn can ruin the effectiveness of even the most stable diet. Because of the lack of sleep, the level of herelin level rises - it is a hormone, the function of which is to control appetite (a feeling of satiety and hunger). This hormone is very important in the process of losing excess weight - it is it that increases the amount of fat stores in the body.

The study, conducted by the German University of Lübeck (Department of Neuroendocrinology), and then published in the journal on clinical nutrition, demonstrated a clear dependence of weight indices on the duration of sleep.

The researchers selected a group of volunteers who slept in the first night of 12 hours, and the next did not sleep at all. In the morning, they were offered a variety of dishes for breakfast in unlimited quantities. Further, the indicator of consumption of calories and energy, burned for nothing, was measured. In case of lack of sleep, the subjects noted a decrease in the level of total energy consumption by 5% in relation to the time when night sleep was full. In addition, while the consumption of energy purchased after meals was 20% less than usual.

The study described at the conference during the scientific session of the US Heart Association showed that women sleeping only 4 hours a night consume 329 extra calories in the morning than those who sleep about 9 hours. In men, the corresponding experiments showed +263 extra calories.

Another experience described in the Journal of Clinical Nutrition (USA) - 11 volunteers for 14 days were in the center of sleep. In the first half of this period, their sleep lasted 5.5 hours, and the second - 8.5 hours. In case of lack of sleep, they observed an increase in the frequency of nocturnal snacks, as well as a selection of snacks containing many carbohydrates.

Thus, it can be argued that a short afternoon nap not only does not hurt the figure, but even vice versa - it will have a beneficial effect on it.

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