A sleep expert in Cleveland, Ohio, recently offered insight into how long the ideal nap should be and the best time of day to take one.
When the afternoon cup of coffee isn’t doing the trick, a cat nap may seem like the perfect solution. In honor of Sleep Awareness Week, a sleep expert in Cleveland, Ohio, recently offered insight into how long the ideal nap should be and the best time of day to take one."Napping is not a bad thing. If you do it in the right way, it can be very restorative and positive for your sleep.
At the same time, it can also be something that keeps the cycle of poor sleep or insomnia going," explained Alicia Roth, PhD, a sleep psychologist for Cleveland Clinic.If you’re going to take a nap, Roth recommended keeping it to 30 minutes or less, noting that longer naps can leave a person feeling groggy when they wake up.That’s because you have a higher chance of interrupting a deeper sleep with a nap that’s an hour or longer.RELATED: Nearly 1 in 5 Americans regularly or occasionally use sleep medication, survey findsLast year, a study also found that long naps could be detrimental to your healt
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