We all love a lie-on on the weekends and now you’ve got a real excuse to do it – it’s vital to your health!
According to a report by GMTV, sleeping is more than just a luxury to be indulged on weekends. It is actually essential in order to catch up on sleep you’ve missed out on during the week.
According to the research leader…”The additional hour or two of sleep in the morning after a period of chronic partial sleep loss has genuine benefits for continued recovery of behavioural alertness.”
The study involved restricting the sleep of 142 participants during the week then giving them a night of recovery sleep:
“One night of recovery sleep led to improvements as the sleep doses increased. But even after 10 hours in bed, sleep-restricted participants still had worse scores than the control group for attention lapses, poor reaction times, and fatigue.”
This shows that any kind of sleep in on the weekend is beneficial, and the longer the better.
“The bottom line is that adequate recovery-sleep duration is important for coping with the effects of chronic sleep restriction on the brain.”
While we think it’s important to always try to get enough sleep during the week, we definitely approve of weekend sleep-ins to help your body catch up. And following it up with breakfast in bed also helps!
Read more – The weekend lie-in proves ‘vital to well-being’
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