Sleep and Weight Loss
Who would have thought that sleeping in might actually help you lose weight!?!?
I always thought that a lack of sleep just meant that I would be tired. However, recent research is showing a direct correlation between how much we sleep and our weight.
In fact, The National Sleep Foundation’s “2008 Sleep in America Poll” found a direct correlation between a person’s BMI and sleep habits. The study showed that people who are considered Obese (BMI: 30+) are more likely to spend less time in bed, and sleep less than 6 hours on workdays, than people considered to be average weight (BMI: 18.5 – 24.9).
Scientists are currently speculating that this is due to an as yet unproven link between sleep and the endocrine regulation of energy homeostasis. Recent studies have shown that a reduction of sleep decreases the levels of Leptin, and conversely increases Ghrelin levels.
Leptin, is produced by adipose tissue, and signals the brain when we are full (satiety). Ghrelin, on the other hand, produced by the stomach, and pancreas, stimulates our appetites, causing us to eat.
A recent study published in the “Journal of Sleep Research” studied nine healthy normal-weight men on three separate nights with varying amounts sleep (7 hours, 4.5 hours, and then total sleep deprivation). The study found that while Leptin levels were unaffected, Ghrelin levels as well as a general feeling of hunger were elevated with the reduced amounts of sleep. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez)
So there it is the better and more you sleep the better your chances of actually achieving your weight loss goals are. However, be warned just the opposite is true; the more sleep you miss; the greater the chance of those pounds you so painstakingly lost finding their way back. So Early to Bed and Early to Rise, will not only make you healthy wealthy and wise, but has once again been proven true.
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