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随着生活节奏的加快,睡眠不足已成家常便饭,合理进行午睡才是健康的选择。本文选自The Wall Street Journal,共计518词。
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What’s the Best Way to Take a Nap?
Settling in for a midday snooze has been given a bad rap. Getting caught napping is often code in the U.S. for being lazy. Yet many cultures build catnaps into their normal routines, and dozens of studies have shown that grabbing a few Zs in the daylight hours is healthy.
Two Kinds of Naps
Dr. Dinges, who is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, says that naps actually come in two forms: voluntary and involuntary. A voluntary nap, he says, is where a person makes a conscious decision to catch some relief before continuing her day.
“Those are naps that fill in additional sleep needs, and they have many health benefits,” he says. Involuntary naps, often the kind that happen when you’re caught napping, are considered to be a mark of someone who lacks the fortitude(坚韧) to stay awake. Dr. Dinges calls voluntary, or intentional, sleep the best way to fill up a person