Falling asleep on the job?
Stair Walking Provides Energy Boost
Falling asleep on the job? A short jaunt up and down the stairs will provide a better pick-me-up than a small dose of caffeine, suggests a study in Physiology & Behavior. Sleep-deprived subjects were asked to either walk on a staircase for 10 minutes or ingest 50 milligrams of caffeine (the rough equivalent of a cola, half a cup of coffee or a cup of black tea). The stair walkers felt more energetic than those who had ingested capsules containing caffeine or a placebo.
This story is from the September 2017 edition of Reader's Digest International.
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