I remember my 95 year old great grandfather in the 1980s who was a farmer who would wake up at 5am every morning, around noon would lay down outside on the rocker swing and nap for about 15 minutes and then eat an apple right off the tree. That stuck with me my whole life.
The fellow lived to be 95 years old. You all should be so lucky. LOL Apples are so cross bred over the decades for sweetness, appearance and longevity, that they are not the same as grandpa had. I remember as a child, around 65 years ago, eating apples off my grandfathers tree. They were wonky to look at and pucker sour. Return email notifications not available at this time.
I worked 50 years in the Hospitality Industry where I worked split shifts meaning 6 hours (9am to 3 pm) second shift was 5 hours ( 6 pm to 11 pm). It was essential that I slept at least 2 hours in the afternoon to be as fit as in the morning! As my body got so used to it I still have my nap (a bit shorter than before) because my body /brain asks for it and so far it works for me.
You are so right about learning things are better if you do it before you go to sleep. I learned when I was younger that if I studied at night before I went to sleep and recapped when I woke up while brushing my teeth and getting ready for the day. Not only did I remember what I have learned but I was able to retain the information better. Do naps work, oh yea they do. You can ask my cat, he does it as well.
In high school in the 1960s I realized I was better at memorizing and preparing for tests if I studied the material right before bedtime, then reviewed it the next morning. Sixty yrs later I still use this technique, especially when I need to memorize something. Sleeping on it kinda bakes the material into my memory. It works.
Spain shuts down from about 13:00 to 16:30. Shops, doors and windows are shut. Everyone takes a siesta after a leisurely lunch, the big meal of the day. Offices got excited when "an American day" was ordered: only half an hour for lunch. The French always went for a stroll after a meal in order to improve digestion. I needed to lie under my desk for half an hour in the middle of an afternoon of long workdays. As an old man, I nap, and dream, whenever the mood hits me.
i listened to a sleep expert explain the perfect amount of time you need for a nap..he called it "the remote nap"..when you feel you need a nap simply hold the tv remote or whatever you choose and when you fall into the nap and the remote falls out of your hand and you awake, thats all the time you need..been following that advise for years now..
Im 75 , most of my friends are retired , and cant put in a half days work . I power out mid afternoon , take a nap , then can put in an 8 hr or longer day . Sometimes I need a 1 1/2 hr nap . I dont eat much for lunch , so it dosent have much effect .
I do not nap simply because I hate the sensation once I wake up afterwards. I find going to bed at a reasonable time and getting seven to eight hours of solid sleep makes a daytime nap unneeded.
Places with a 'siesta' firmly a part of the culture, are often hot climates (and it doesn't cool down until after midnight), and folks routinely stay awake until 1-2am. A Nap becomes more necessary with waking up to get to work at 7am......... (Think Spain).
When you talked about flying all night to harvest the heart of a baby 06:07 , to save the life of another and being being all jacked up… I realised now that you are a beast of a human, levels above I can’t even imagine. Luv all your tips 🙏🌸🌼
I used to nap at break time at work for about 20 mins everyday - but the first few times I did it I was late going back to work....just put an alarm on your phone 😉
My people in Samoa after working in Plantations or farmers after eating and then have a nap around 11 am or 12pm after that we go back to the plantation or call a half day doing nothing and get ready to the next day.
I snore, may have some sleep apnea, but I would rather make up for it by napping in the afternoon than trying to snooze with a breathing machine mask on
This is very interesting, and I read through the comments and did not see this point, so want to bring this up to see if anyone has insight I do nap daily, mostly after lunch, and throughout the day when I feel brain fog and there is a opportunity What I find is napping is not the same as sleeping, that is I do not nap in bed, I just lie down on the hard floor fully dressed or put a blanket over, first my body would settle into the floor and relaxation follows, then the mind start to wonder, almost the same sensation as going to bed at night and about to fall asleep After about 10 minutes, I often just wake up with a jolt, like a twitch, and I would feel refreshed mentally and physically When lying down is not possible, I would find a quiet place to sit and close my eyes, and it is the same effect
There are apps or even watches which help you wake when you’re not in deep sleep : set a window in which the app or the watch will monitor your movements, the alarm will only set off when you moved and are close to waking up already 😊 You’ll feel much refreshed than if you set up an alarm that will wake you up arbitrarily after a set amount of time… Sleep cycles are the key to one’s good use of sleep ❤
Thanks for all you do! I appreciate you staying on top of all of this and bringing it to us. Also, people should be aware of the symptoms of sleep apnea. Naps don't compensate for those effects. _Ah found it: __9:25_ (I got some of my best naps while driving down the road ;)
I have a hard time sleeping at night, then i need to wake up at 5pm because of work. So napping at noon for 30min to 1 hour is already heaven for me and plus if im able to sleep again early at night...
It’s not a matter of should I take a nap, some days (especially when I wake up earlier than usual) I wouldn’t be able to make it through the rest of the day without a Power Nap, which is generally 15 minutes max is all I need, I can fall asleep in a chair sitting straight up, lol
My eldest brother napped a lot during his last few months. I am nearly 76 and find it difficult to stay awake as my Parkinson's disease gets more progressed. Even when l want to stay awake, l cannot. I suspect my end is near.
From an HVAC guy: another possibility in a crowded conference room that is poorly/non-ventilated is that Carbon Dioxide levels can rise pretty rapidly. That is enough to make people feel drowsy, and add in the additional factors that you mentioned... 💤
@@LA-wv7gf, I just wanted to understand, why nuts are in the "yes list"? They all contain lectins... Absolutely every nut. Why lectins in nuts are different from lectins in seeds?
A long time ago, I went to some friends for a potluck dinner. I was absolutely shutting down mentally, and went upstairs to take a nap before dinner. I came down and told someone how great a nap I just had. She was surprised, and exclaimed that I "was only up there for five minutes."
My mitochondria is destroyed because of my kidney and or liver damage. That's life though you make mistakes you live with them. You make your bed you sleep in it.
Balancing my autonomic nervous system has eliminated the need to nap anymore because I am sleeping correctly again after decades of not! Every night I have multiple dreams and have eliminating sympathetic dominance in my nervous system through parasympathetic exercises and it changed my life. Now I am looking at the extra virgin olive oil to do the same thing in a different way!
4:11 “ store memories more easily”. This is not a simple comparative but a comparative description of an activity so you need to use the adverb form of “easy” which is “ easily” rather than simple comparative “ easier”. Just sayin bro.
Yeah. 10 minutes or two hours can refresh a person, like an empty phone get recharge in full power! American Elementary and H.S. need to reserve a 30 minutes nap time for students every day after lunch, starting at noon! Why after lunch. After eating, it's best to relax for atleast 30 minutes. In many Asian country, students attend school only 4 hours each day. They can chose morning or afternoon. No nap needed. In the U. S, where students spend their whole 12 years of all day in school without nap time. That's not fair! What's the point of having homeroom a whole hour and not allow to nap? I never have heard of any president of the United States, who would care enough to bring this up and discuss, nor order the US educational system to assign nap time. Children need to rest at halftime!
I was working in a small custom car place. Three of us were chatting over one vehicle and one of the principals came out to tongue lash us. He didn't bother to check that we were waiting for a mechanic to fabricate a small part, and couldn't proceed until he finished.
always interesting topics - but it is always easier to turn up the playback speed to 1.25-1.5x because good Dr Gundry thinks his audience is mainly 95 year young people
I remember my 95 year old great grandfather in the 1980s who was a farmer who would wake up at 5am every morning, around noon would lay down outside on the rocker swing and nap for about 15 minutes and then eat an apple right off the tree. That stuck with me my whole life.
Don't bother eating the apple.
Eat an avocado instead, it is also a fruit.
@@Music-gw4qf well this was a 1980 wild apple. Much different back then.
u eat an apple off the tree everyday?
@@logical_lb3059 no its too much sugar for me. Apples are not grown and natural like they were 40 years ago.
The fellow lived to be 95 years old. You all should be so lucky. LOL Apples are so cross bred over the decades for sweetness, appearance and longevity, that they are not the same as grandpa had. I remember as a child, around 65 years ago, eating apples off my grandfathers tree. They were wonky to look at and pucker sour. Return email notifications not available at this time.
I worked 50 years in the Hospitality Industry where I worked split shifts meaning 6 hours (9am to 3 pm) second shift was 5 hours ( 6 pm to 11 pm). It was essential that I slept at least 2 hours in the afternoon to be as fit as in the morning! As my body got so used to it I still have my nap (a bit shorter than before) because my body /brain asks for it and so far it works for me.
You are so right about learning things are better if you do it before you go to sleep. I learned when I was younger that if I studied at night before I went to sleep and recapped when I woke up while brushing my teeth and getting ready for the day. Not only did I remember what I have learned but I was able to retain the information better. Do naps work, oh yea they do. You can ask my cat, he does it as well.
OMG, the recap while brushing teeth! Same here. 😂
In high school in the 1960s I realized I was better at memorizing and preparing for tests if I studied the material right before bedtime, then reviewed it the next morning. Sixty yrs later I still use this technique, especially when I need to memorize something. Sleeping on it kinda bakes the material into my memory. It works.
Once the stomach is full, all animals feel sleepy. It is only natural to sleep when one feel sleepy. Do we need any advice for what is natural?
Spain shuts down from about 13:00 to 16:30. Shops, doors and windows are shut. Everyone takes a siesta after a leisurely lunch, the big meal of the day. Offices got excited when "an American day" was ordered: only half an hour for lunch. The French always went for a stroll after a meal in order to improve digestion. I needed to lie under my desk for half an hour in the middle of an afternoon of long workdays. As an old man, I nap, and dream, whenever the mood hits me.
i listened to a sleep expert explain the perfect amount of time you need for a nap..he called it "the remote nap"..when you feel you need a nap simply hold the tv remote or whatever you choose and when you fall into the nap and the remote falls out of your hand and you awake, thats all the time you need..been following that advise for years now..
Im 75 , most of my friends are retired , and cant put in a half days work . I power out mid afternoon , take a nap , then can put in an 8 hr or longer day . Sometimes I need a 1 1/2 hr nap . I dont eat much for lunch , so it dosent have much effect .
Absolutely napping is a huge blessing/reward in itself especially when it's under a shaded tree I can't get enough!
I do not nap simply because I hate the sensation once I wake up afterwards. I find going to bed at a reasonable time and getting seven to eight hours of solid sleep makes a daytime nap unneeded.
After a nap, one must wait about one hour to feel good, but then one may feel EXCELLENT. Don;t expect to wake up feeling great.
Places with a 'siesta' firmly a part of the culture, are often hot climates (and it doesn't cool down until after midnight), and folks routinely stay awake until 1-2am. A Nap becomes more necessary with waking up to get to work at 7am......... (Think Spain).
When you talked about flying all night to harvest the heart of a baby 06:07 , to save the life of another and being being all jacked up… I realised now that you are a beast of a human, levels above I can’t even imagine. Luv all your tips 🙏🌸🌼
I always thought it was crazy how I drink a coffee in the evening and go to sleep 😴 with not having a problem of falling asleep
I often take a power nap and ask God to wake me up after X minutes and He does
I used to nap at break time at work for about 20 mins everyday - but the first few times I did it I was late going back to work....just put an alarm on your phone 😉
My people in Samoa after working in Plantations or farmers after eating and then have a nap around 11 am or 12pm after that we go back to the plantation or call a half day doing nothing and get ready to the next day.
Chinese doctor said: "wanna live long...take a nap'
I snore, may have some sleep apnea, but I would rather make up for it by napping in the afternoon than trying to snooze with a breathing machine mask on
This is very interesting, and I read through the comments and did not see this point, so want to bring this up to see if anyone has insight
I do nap daily, mostly after lunch, and throughout the day when I feel brain fog and there is a opportunity
What I find is napping is not the same as sleeping, that is I do not nap in bed, I just lie down on the hard floor fully dressed or put a blanket over, first my body would settle into the floor and relaxation follows, then the mind start to wonder, almost the same sensation as going to bed at night and about to fall asleep
After about 10 minutes, I often just wake up with a jolt, like a twitch, and I would feel refreshed mentally and physically
When lying down is not possible, I would find a quiet place to sit and close my eyes, and it is the same effect
💥fascinating! i suddenly feel the need to improve my memory; a nap sounds grrreat right now.
There are apps or even watches which help you wake when you’re not in deep sleep : set a window in which the app or the watch will monitor your movements, the alarm will only set off when you moved and are close to waking up already 😊 You’ll feel much refreshed than if you set up an alarm that will wake you up arbitrarily after a set amount of time… Sleep cycles are the key to one’s good use of sleep ❤
Thanks for all you do!
I appreciate you staying on top of all of this and bringing it to us.
Also, people should be aware of the symptoms of sleep apnea. Naps don't compensate for those effects. _Ah found it: __9:25_
(I got some of my best naps while driving down the road ;)
I have always done the power nap with Eye mask and listen to brown noise or rain. talk about a recharge for me.
And the sound of fans running, so soothing. I grew up in S.Florida so I bonded to that sound!
If I nap in afternoon then I can't sleep at night so I just avoid napping in afternoon
…I sleep better if I nap 🙂….just proves how individual we are .
also believe it or not caffeine increases the rem rapid eye movement phase of sleep. (brain sleep)
This is why there is siesta. You may not know that in Greece they also have a siesta but I don’t know the word for it.
Looking good doc, that colour scheme really suits you. Love you ❤
I have a hard time sleeping at night, then i need to wake up at 5pm because of work. So napping at noon for 30min to 1 hour is already heaven for me and plus if im able to sleep again early at night...
Circadian rhythms. We’re tired after lunch even if we don’t have lunch.
It’s not a matter of should I take a nap, some days (especially when I wake up earlier than usual) I wouldn’t be able to make it through the rest of the day without a Power Nap, which is generally 15 minutes max is all I need, I can fall asleep in a chair sitting straight up, lol
My eldest brother napped a lot during his last few months. I am nearly 76 and find it difficult to stay awake as my Parkinson's disease gets more progressed. Even when l want to stay awake, l cannot. I suspect my end is near.
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I've been trying a spoon of sea moss jam. I'm receiving a good digestive experience. Any comments or suggestions?
This video is making me want to take a nap.
I have no clue if naps are healthy or not, but I do know that I feel a lot better after my daily nap.
From an HVAC guy: another possibility in a crowded conference room that is poorly/non-ventilated is that Carbon Dioxide levels can rise pretty rapidly. That is enough to make people feel drowsy, and add in the additional factors that you mentioned... 💤
Interesting. I never considered this
@@Forever_Laura Me either!
I'm a little confused. Please tell me about nuts.
Nuts contain a large dose of lectins, but you recommend them. Why?
I have ulcerative colitis.
noni helps with the pain and healing of the flare ups. was diagnosed with colitis. noni is expensive but it works and no side effects.
@@LA-wv7gf, I just wanted to understand, why nuts are in the "yes list"? They all contain lectins... Absolutely every nut. Why lectins in nuts are different from lectins in seeds?
I just need to doze off - start to dream - and wake up - can take just a few minutes - and I am 10 times better afterwards.
A long time ago, I went to some friends for a potluck dinner. I was absolutely shutting down mentally, and went upstairs to take a nap before dinner. I came down and told someone how great a nap I just had. She was surprised, and exclaimed that I "was only up there for five minutes."
I have a coffee to get back to sleep when I wake up during the night. I do have those red flags though.
coffee makes you sleep😮 thought it was the opposite
I found out if I drink a cup of coffee with a tbs of raw honey in it just before bedtime I don't wake up in the middle of the night.
I only sleep 3 to 4 hrs a night for the last 15 yrs ore so never need to nap I'm a 76 yr old man
My mitochondria is destroyed because of my kidney and or liver damage. That's life though you make mistakes you live with them. You make your bed you sleep in it.
What if the nap is longer than 15-30 min? Is it going to make me sleepier?
Balancing my autonomic nervous system has eliminated the need to nap anymore because I am sleeping correctly again after decades of not! Every night I have multiple dreams and have eliminating sympathetic dominance in my nervous system through parasympathetic exercises and it changed my life. Now I am looking at the extra virgin olive oil to do the same thing in a different way!
What exercises do you do for the nervous system?
@@kevzf exercise called hummingbird does 4 parasympathetic things at once. Spread out over day takes only about 5-6 minutes
Naps are awesome.
Great tie sir!
4:11 “ store memories more easily”. This is not a simple comparative but a comparative description of an activity so you need to use the adverb form of “easy” which is “ easily” rather than simple comparative “ easier”. Just sayin bro.
When I nap during the day, I always wake up nauseous.
I don't want to know the answer bc napping has never been a mistake I've ever regretted making.
Yeah.
10 minutes or two hours can refresh a person, like an empty phone get recharge in full power!
American Elementary and H.S. need to reserve a 30 minutes nap time for students every day after lunch, starting at noon!
Why after lunch.
After eating, it's best to relax for
atleast 30 minutes.
In many Asian country, students attend school only 4 hours each day.
They can chose morning or afternoon. No nap needed.
In the U. S, where students spend their whole 12 years of all day in school without nap time.
That's not fair!
What's the point of having homeroom a whole hour and not allow to nap?
I never have heard of any president of the United States, who would care enough to bring this up and discuss, nor order the US educational system to assign nap time. Children need to rest at halftime!
Would it be better to reinvent the school system?
Its not normal for a child to be confined to a box & chair for 8 hours a day.
I don’t need anybody on TH-cam telling me whether his beneficiary to nap I know it is😂
Is it possible that you can activate dnp or 2,4-Dinitrophenol in your body by eating too many polyphenols
Napping is great.
Japanese nap in the office . Lay their heads on the desks and go for it .
18-25 a day is absolutely necessary
Pisolino in Italy
Sounds like Paul McGowan
My mitochondria are on strike.
Easier 4:05
Were we supposed to be shocked that a nap is a good thing?
In most workplaces, bosses will not be happy to let their employees to take a nap.
I was working in a small custom car place. Three of us were chatting over one vehicle and one of the principals came out to tongue lash us. He didn't bother to check that we were waiting for a mechanic to fabricate a small part, and couldn't proceed until he finished.
always interesting topics - but it is always easier to turn up the playback speed to 1.25-1.5x because good Dr Gundry thinks his audience is mainly 95 year young people
Siesta senor.
Try a coffee nap
Why is everything so 'shocking' in so many video titles lately. I do not watch them. STOP doing it.
No! No Naps!
Push through this chemical attack on your daytime life.
Nup
I am shocked by this ; no lectin BS this time doc?
Ooohh, I don t like to be shocked, so no thank you, bye.
Nap Time = 33
Of course there are benefits to napping why would you even have to have a video about it if you’re tired take a nap😂
35 minute nap in afternoon and I feel reborn