Sleep and Weight
Sleep is very important when it comes to weight loss and overall health. Sleep is so important that The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention[1] has contributed poor sleep to health issues such as:
- Weight gain
- Type 2 diabetes
- Cardiovascular disease
- Depression
- Obesity[2]
When you lack good sleep:
- Your levels of leptin are decreased
- Your levels of ghrelin, the hunger hormone, is increased
- You are hungry
- You eat high calorie foods
- You eat more food
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