Not Always Good, This Is A Negative Impact If You Often Take A Nap

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JAKARTA - Adequate sleep is an important aspect of body health. Usually, if you go to bed late at night, you will replace it with a nap. But, it turns out, napping has a negative impact that many people don't know about.

Napping can cause several diseases, one of which is heart disease. This negative impact can certainly occur if you take a long nap.

The results of research from the University of Tokyo also prove that there are three main risks of taking a nap that is too long. What do you think? Come on, see the following explanation as reported by HerStory, Tuesday, September 21.

Type 2 diabetes

The results of the study show that taking too long naps or feeling sleepy during the day is associated with type 2 diabetes.

Napping more than 1 hour will increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes by up to 46%, whereas if you always feel very tired during the day, your risk of developing type 2 diabetes increases by 56%. The results of this study were presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.

Metabolic syndrome

The results of the study, presented at the American College of Cardiology's 65th Annual Scientific Session, show that taking too long a nap is associated with an increased risk of metabolic syndrome. Napping less than 40 minutes does not increase the risk of developing metabolic syndrome. However, the risk begins to increase if the person naps for more than 40 minutes.

In fact, people who nap for 1.5-3 hours have an increased risk of developing metabolic syndrome by up to 50%. Interestingly, the researchers saw that the risk of this metabolic syndrome decreased if the person's nap time was less than 30 minutes.

Heart disease

The researchers also showed that napping for more than 1 hour increased the risk of developing heart disease by 82, increasing the risk of death by 27 percent.

What is the best nap time?

Napping for a short period of time does have a good effect on health. However, until now it is not known what the mechanism by which naps are beneficial.

The results of the study showed that people who nap a maximum of 40 minutes did not show an increase in the risk of developing metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Furthermore, the risk decreases when the nap is no more than 30 minutes.