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Research Shows Consistent Links between Obesity & Sleep
Deprivation
If you want to lose weight and you have not been successful at
it, then you should
probably take a look at your sleeping habits. According to
the recent study done by Stanford School of Medicine, you
may gain weight if you don't get enough sleep.
What happens is that lack of sleep makes your body produce
more of the hormones called ghrelin and at the same time, it
decreases the amount of the hormone leptin in your body.
Ghrelin is a hormone that tells your body that you are
hungry - it triggers the appetite, so the more of the
hormone ghrelin that you have in your system, then the more
that you will eat. The research study conducted by
researchers at Stanford showed that there was a 14.9 percent
increase of ghrelin in those patients who slept an average
of 5 hours vs. those that got an average of 8 hrs of sleep.
And particularly noteworthy was that the results were the
same whether the participant was male, female, body type,
eating habits, or exercise programs.
Leptin is a hormone that is produced by the fat cells in
your body. If you have too little leptin in your system, it
tells your body that you are starving and increases or
stimulates your appetite. When researchers studied the
effects of sleeping habits on leptin hormone levels, it
showed a 15.5 percentage decrease in the same study of the
patients who slept an average of 5 hrs as compared to those
who slept consistently for 8 hrs.
Another study by the
University of Chicago Medical Center has shown a correlation
between lack of deep sleep increasing the risk of Type 2
Diabetes. Previous studies have shown that getting a reduced
amount of sleep can impair glucose metabolism and appetite
regulation which results in an increased risk of excessive
weight gain and diabetes. This particular study by the
University of Chicago Medical Center is the first study that
links poor sleep quality to an increased risk of diabetes.
So clearly, getting a good night’s sleep
could be a major factor as to whether you are having trouble
losing weight.
Things to consider:
1.
How many hours
of sleep do you get on average?
2.
What prevents you
from getting the sleep that you need?
3.
List what you can do
to make sure you get more sleep:
Note: Studies have consistently linked
improvements or increases in magnesium and potassium
aspartates (key ingredients in Active 8) to normal levels in
the body helping folks metabolize body energy properly and
reverse fatigue symptoms enabling them to get a better
night's sleep. If your body runs more efficiently, it sleeps
better too! All in all, a vicious cycle: not enough sleep
causes fatigue, stress, mental impairment which could cause
you to gain weight too! So take your Active 8 and feel
great!
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