You can "fill up" during the day during the night hours - but under certain conditions
I continue to ask your questions to experts. Today my respected colleague, doctor-somnologist Alexander Kalinkin, the best sleep specialist in Russia, head sleep medicine center University clinic of Moscow State University.
- Alexander Leonidovich, yes researchthat a person who sleeps less than 7 hours a night consumes an average of 385 more calories per day than the rest. Question: is it possible to “sleep” the necessary hours during the day so as not to overeat?
- Is it possible to compensate for sleep deprivation at night (called deprivation) by sleeping during the day? The answer is you can. BUT! Everyone has their own norm, and in general for the population it is quite stretched - 7 to 9 hours of sleep at night. Therefore, if you compensate for 2 hours a day, then only worsen the situation, because in this case you Difficulty sleeping at night: the so-called "sleep pressure" will decrease, which must increase towards the end of the day in order to ensure normal rest.
During the day you can sleep no more than half an hour, ideally until 15 pm. This is improve cognitive function, performance and mood. But if you do not get enough sleep for more than an hour, then this will not help you much.
Now for the overeating. It is not at all a fact that extra calories will not be gained in the morning to compensate for the heavy lifting and bad mood. So from this point of view, daytime sleep may be useless.
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