Embrace your siesta for a healthy heart

This might be the best news of the year
"In a study released Monday, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and in Athens reported that people who took regular 30-minute naps were 37 percent less likely to die of heart disease over a six-year period than those who never napped. The scientists tracked more than 23,000 Greek adults, finding that the benefits of napping were most pronounced for working men."

However the "man" wants to keep the working class down and has this to add.
"Still, the authors cautioned that further research was needed to confirm their findings.

"We don't want the world to start sleeping in the afternoon yet. A single study never conveys a public health message," said Dr. Dimitrios Trichopoulos, a Harvard professor and author of the study, who said he stopped napping when he moved to the United States 20 years ago.

Specialists not involved with the study said there were sound biochemical reasons to believe that a nap might help protect against heart disease."

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