Take a Nap
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
BBC
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2022
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Michael reveals how getting some shut-eye during the day could boost your memory and your heart health - and even help your productivity! Research reveals that a simple daily nap could slash your risk of heart attack by half, and have a noticeable impact on your brain, by helping improve your emotional control and boosting memory. In this episode, our volunteer Caroline catches some Zzzs in between work meetings, while nap expert Dr Sara Mednick delves into the different stages of sleep, telling Michael when to nap, and for how long, for the greatest benefit.
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| 0:00.0 | If you could have a conversation with your younger self, what would you tell them? |
| 0:06.0 | Anonymity is our most valuable gift. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Kristi Young, and in Young again, I'll be asking my guests what honest advice they would give their past self. |
| 0:16.0 | Believe it when they say that loving yourself is the answer. |
| 0:20.0 | Among those joining me will be Jamie Oliver, Jeda Pinkett Smith and Mel B. |
| 0:24.1 | I knew that I had a voice and I knew that I wanted to say certain things and represent certain things. |
| 0:30.0 | Young again, with me, Kirstie Young. |
| 0:32.6 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:34.8 | BBC Sounds. We'd be |
| 0:36.8 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:40.0 | Oh, yeah. We would all like some quick and simple ways to improve our health, but we're |
| 0:48.2 | bombarded with often conflicting advice. So if you were going to do just one thing to improve your mental and physical |
| 0:56.7 | well-being, what should it be? Maybe some beetroot to boost your work out, meditation to improve your immune system. |
| 1:05.0 | Or how about a bit of dancing to big up your brain power? |
| 1:10.0 | I'm Dr Michael Mosley and this is just one thing where each episode we'll explore one thing |
| 1:16.2 | you can start doing today to improve your health or life in ways you might not expect. |
| 1:23.0 | It's early afternoon. |
| 1:29.0 | O'It's early afternoon, about 2 PM, |
| 1:32.0 | and I'm just getting out of bed. I'm not idle, honestly. I've actually been doing |
| 1:37.3 | something that could improve my memory, help me learn new information, improve my |
| 1:41.3 | productivity as well as my well-being. |
| 1:43.7 | I've been taking a nap. |
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