The amount of sleep you get can be just as important as how much you exercise and what you eat. If you don't get the sleep your body requires, your brain will look elsewhere for energy, such as high-calorie, high-sugar foods. There are two hormones that control appetite, one is known as the hunger hormone (ghrelin) and the other is the satiety hormone (leptin). These two friends are there to balance your cravings, but lack of sleep throws them off balance.
Bright Side Life offers some reasons why sleep is important for fat loss and what to do to help you in this process.
1. Lack of sleep can increase your appetite and increase your chances of obesity.
Hormones play an important role in regulating appetite and sleep, so when you sleep less, your hormones are disrupted. This, in turn, can make you want to eat high-calorie foods, even if you just ate an hour ago.
What to do:
Sleeping in a dark room: When you are exposed to light, there is a higher chance that you will have a hard time falling asleep and staying asleep and a higher risk of obesity.
Take it easy and don't stress too much: it can lead to poor sleep and weight gain.
Go to bed early: When you go to bed later, you eat more calories.
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