Boost your metabolism: get more sleep and lose weight

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Boost your metabolism: get more sleep and lose weight

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

If you’re overweight, you may be putting on weight because you’re not getting enough sleep.

“Not snoozing enough affects appetite and metabolism” reports that:

The amount and quality of sleep affects hormones that regulate appetite and metabolism. A study at the University of Chicago found that participants who slept only four hours a night for two nights had an 18 percent decrease in leptin and a 28 percent increase in ghrelin. Leptin is a hormone that suppresses appetite by affecting how full and satisfied we feel after eating. Ghrelin is a hormone that stimulates appetite.

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