Thursday, April 19, 2012

Can lack of sleep make you fat ?

According to the latest research published in the American Journal of Human Biology, lack of sleep not only can make you fat but also increases your risk of diabetes, heart diseases and many health problems. Apparently, sleep restriction de-regulate appetite leading to an increase in energy consumption and hence to weight gain. Moreover, other findings also showed that as the number of hours of sleep drops and normal biological rhythms are disrupted, your body physically changes in ways that can help set the stage diabetes.

The above couldn't be better reasons to start getting a minimum of 7 hours of sleep per night as it is essential and vital to health.  

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