Get a good night’s sleep. While you may think that the road to
weight loss begins at the gym or in the kitchen, research has shown that it
might start in the bedroom. Getting a good night’s sleep (ideally eight hours)
helps guide your food choices by controlling your hunger and fullness hormones,
ghrelin and leptin. Ghrelin tells your brain it is time to eat, but when you
lack sleep, your body makes more ghrelin. The reverse is true for leptin, the
hormone that cues fullness; sleep deprivation slows down leptin production.
These hormonal changes cause you to overeat, resulting in unwanted pounds, so
put the phones away, cue the sound machine and plan for six to nine hours of
shut-eye.
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