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Lose
Weight By Sleeping?
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by: Chris
Chew
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Sigh....I
am about to show you something that is difficult
for some to believe even when it is backed up by
medical science. Yes! You can lose weight while
you sleep. Disbelieve at your own peril.
Scientists and doctors have long known that many
hormones are affected by sleep. Some of these
hormones, such as leptin and ghrelin can affect
our appetite. Take a case in point. Have you ever
experienced a sleepless night and then the next
day, no matter what you ate you won't feel full
and satisfied? Well, it is because of these
hormones.
Ghrelin, stimulates your appetite and makes you
hungry whereas Leptin, sends a signal to the brain
to tell you that you are full during a meal. So
one makes you hungry while the other makes you
feel full.
So how do these 2 hormones correlate then? Well,
lack of sleep will reduce leptin levels, which
means that you will still feel hungry after a
normal meal which will usually satisfy you. Having
not enough sleep also causes ghrelin levels to
rise, which means your appetite is stimulated, so
you will eat more than you normally do and that
spelled trouble if you want to lose fat. That
means you will gain weight if you do not have
enough sleep. Getting the drift now?
It is a known fact that those who sleep less are
often overweight compared to those who enjoy
blissful shut eyes.
In several scientific studies and researches
showed invariable results test human participants
whose sleep are controlled. Their leptin levels
went down and ghrelin levels went up. Their
appetite therefore increased proportionally. Their
desire for high carbohydrate, calorie-dense foods
increased by a whopping 45%. Can you beat that?
So the findings definitely suggest that if you are
on a diet and a workout program with the aim of
slimming down or losing weight, you must have
enough sleep. Eight to nine hours a day is the
normal recommendation.
Sleep not only recharges you, it helps you to lose
weight, build muscles, repair tissues and boost
immunity. So if this article bores you
....well....go ahead and sleep zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
About the author:
Chris Chew is a personal trainer and count actors,
pageant winners, models and other celebrities as
his clients. He runs a fitness training school in
Singapore at http://www.sgfitnessonline.comand
is the author of "Burn Fat Build Muscles
Fast." See his books at http://www.sgfitness.com
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