What did you do in the last night when you were totally
unable to sleep?
Different people did different things. Most of you automatically
had a bag of potatoes or other comfort foods.
If you are not getting enough sleep, you are most likely to
take more calories. Researchers show that people who sleep 90 minutes less than
the people who sleep average take 550 more calories.
Researchers theories that sleep deprivation increases the
level of ghrelin. The less you sleep, the
more the ghrelin. If you sleep 5 hour in a whole day, ghrelin increases by 9
percent. Ghrelin increases hunger. According to the research, if you sleep less,
you will feel hungrier.
Another hormone called leptin reduces when you are sleep
deprieved. When you sleep less, you have less leptin. Leptin instructs you to
stop eating.
Sleep deprivation will give you more time to have more food
in your stomach. Susan Zafarlotfi, PhD, clinical director of the Institute for
Sleep and Wake Disorders at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey
said, “Sleep debt is like credit card debt. If you keep accumulating credit
card debt, you will pay high interest rates or your account will be shut down
until you pay it all off. If you accumulate too much sleep debt, your body will
crash.”
A proper sleep can reduce your body weight. Let your body to
sleep well in the night.
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