There’s new evidence that daytime naps may be linked to a lower risk of heart attack or stroke, but only if they’re limited to a few times a week.
The research, published Monday in the journal Heart, is based on data collected from nearly 3,500 people living in Switzerland.
“We looked at healthy adults and found that people who take occasional naps — once or twice a week — had a lower risk for cardiovascular disease compared to people who were not napping at all,” said Nadine Häusler, an internist at University Hospital of Lausanne, and lead author of the new research.