and if you lack adequate hours of sleep, it can lead to weight gain.
A study carried out by the American thoracic society in 2006 revealed that women who slept five hours every night gain more weight compared to those who slept seven hours more each night.
How do they come about this result?
Leptin and Ghrelin are hormones in our body that acts as checks and control our feeling of hunger and feeling full. If we don't have adequate hours of sleep, this causes the hormones to be less in our body system, thus, leading to increase in hunger and high tendency to eat more during the day and night.
So, less hours of sleep affects our basal metabolic rate which is the amount of calories we burn in a day when we aren't task with physical activity or doing nothing. Lack of sleep reduces this metabolic rate which try and save some energy, since you are awake for longer periods, thus this obstructs your weight loss.
In addition, cortisol levels (a stress hormone) is released in our body when we spend more hours awake. This result into more hunger feeling, more fat deposition in our body and the worst part is that, cortisol induced fat retention is concentrated around the tummy area.
Inadequate hours of sleep interferes with our body natural ability to metabolize carbs and this lead to higher insulin levels in our body, more fat storage and tummy fat.
To lose weight, you need at least seven hours of sleep every night. No late night movies because this might even leads to late night snacking.
Also, exercising at night might aid sleeping. When you work out your body at night before sleep, you are likely to sleep off a few minutes to an hour after and even sleeping longer hours(at least seven hours).
So ensure you plan your daily time well to accommodate adequate hours sleep and rest for your body and mind.
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