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Shortened Sleep Can Make People Fatter
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung March 14th, 2008 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Disorders.
Sleeping less could make you bulge more. This is one finding that a study in Japan showed, owing it to a hormonal imbalance within males who tend to sleep less but eat more in the process. Worst, it can even lead to serious health risks as well concerning the heart and other key areas of the human body.
Contrary to what people believe that shorter sleep is good for the body since it allows us to burn more calories, we tend to make up for it by digesting food to serve as energy sources of our body. But while you are satisfying one aspect of the picture, do remember that you are also putting another area at risk which is the overall health of our bodies.
Lack of sleep triggers a hormone in the blood which stimulates the appetite, said the study’s lead author, Nihon University medical department associate professor Yoshitaka Kaneita.
“It increases a sense of hunger as well as an appetite for high-calorie food,” he said Thursday, calling for people to pay due attention to how much they sleep.
(Source) AFP
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