By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer Mon Feb 12, 4:25 PM ET
CHICAGO - Office nappers now have the perfect excuse: New research shows that a little midday snooze seems to reduce the risk of fatal heart problems, especially among men.
The news from the world of science just keeps getting better and better. 1st a study comes out that shows male sweat to have aphrodisiac qualities and now this. Napping and sweating are two of the things that I excel at and if, in the near future, they prove that eating too much pizza prevents cancer then I'll have hit the trifecta!
This all harkens back to a study published about half a decade ago that concluded that fidgeting helped burn a significant number of calories over the course of a year, and I quote:
Some brains may be wired to encourage fidgeting and other restless behaviors according to new research published by The American Physiological Society. This line of research suggests that frequent minor unconscious movements such as fidgeting and other behaviors associated with restlessness burn calories and help control weight. The study "Elevated hypothalamic orexin signaling, sensitivity to orexin A and spontaneous physical activity in obesity resistant rats," appears in the March 2002 edi
tion of the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology published by The American Physiological Society.
tion of the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology published by The American Physiological Society.The young man at left, typical of the restless sample group watches between 1 and 2 thousand hours of TV annually but gains 10 pounds less than the more sedentary control group because he fidgets 40% more. The proof is in the pudding and apparently our young man at left has been as well. Were it not for his incessant finger twiddling there would be significantly less room on the rest of the not-too-surprisingly empty sofa.
No sooner had the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparitive Physiology (better known today as Maxim) hit the newsstands than we were overwhelmed with fidget-themed exercise videos as entrepreneurs and fitness gurus alike tried to cash in on the study's findings. Look for a similar 
spate of Napping DVDs any day now.
spate of Napping DVDs any day now.(ed.note: video at left featured participants in various states of repose twitching rhythmically to pop music of the 60's and 70's)
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