Many of us are lazy. Come on. You can admit it and it will be our little secret for none to know! Well, even if you aren’t “lazy,” I’m sure you look for the fastest and simples way to get things done. For example, if you had these two weight loss programs – that work equally as well – which one of these would you pick?
The first one is you have to wake up at 5:00 a.m. every day and run a total of five miles, then you eat almost nothing or very little for breakfast, then absolutely nothing for lunch, then you work out like an animal for 2 hours after work, and eat a very small dinner. Then, you go to bed and do it all over again the next day and every day. Or would you choose the next option?
The second option is you take a pill, sleep late, and wake up the next day skinnier than the day before. Obviously, you’d probably choose the second option. Any sane person in this world would as long as the medication was safe and had no side effects. Anyways, you get the point with all of this. Well, there is no “pill” that works just like that. But, a study has just been published that claims sleeping is a very significant part of weight loss.
The authors of the study stated, “Lack of sufficient sleep may compromise the efficacy of typical dietary interventions for weight loss and related metabolic risk reduction.” In fact, research from the University of Chicago showed dieters who slept for 8.5 hours lost 55 percent more body fat than dieters who slept only 5.5 hours.
Together, these results suggest that the loss of sleep at times of limited food intake amplifies the pattern of ghrelin associated changes in human hunger, glucose, fat utilization, and energy metabolism.” It should be noted the sample size in this study was small and further research on this subject is needed to make definitive conclusions. Researchers think sleep may affect levels of a hormone called ghrelin. Increased levels of this hormone have been shown to increase appetite and increase fat retention. The subjects in this study who slept less claimed to be hungrier than those who slept more. According to the study’s authors:”
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