Sleep and weight loss have a clear connection. They are invert ratios: sleep loss, weight gain and sleep more, weight loss. All we know that sleep is essential for body. It is the time when our bodies replenish, repairing the mental and physical wear-and-tear we suffer during the day. Sleep loss appears to do two worst things that affect our weight: increase the appetite that makes you take in more calories and slow down the metabolism which helps to burn calories.

1. Sleep loss makes you feel hungry even if you are full. Sleep loss has been shown to affect the secretion of cortisol, a hormone that regulates appetite. As a result, individuals who lose sleep may continue to feel hungry despite adequate food intake. Researchers that chronic sleep loss triggers hormones that can lower the "appetite control" hormone leptin. Lower levels of leptin are associated with obesity. It's what researchers call the "yin yang" of appetite control. The hormone ghrelin is produced in the stomach and triggers hunger. Leptin is produced by fat cells and signals satiety, telling the brain when we have eaten enough.

sleep and weight loss2. Sleep loss slow down the metabolism which helps to maintain weight. Sleep loss may interfere with the body's ability to metabolize carbohydrates, which leads to high levels of blood sugar. Excess blood sugar promotes the overproduction of insulin, which can lead to the storage of body fat and insulin resistance, a critical step into the development of diabetes.

So if you want to lose, sleep more at night. It is not only cheap but also efficient way to have a healthy body and a ideal shape. I will write about tips to have a nice sleep at night.
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