Lack Of Sleep Articles

Lack Of Sleep Articles:

Lack of Sleep Disturbs Leptin, Makes Children and Adults Gain Weight

A new study by researchers at the University of Michigan shows that children who get less than 9.75 hours of sleep in the third grade are 40 percent more likely to be overweight in the sixth grade (whether they were already overweight or not in the third grade). It was found that the longer the kids slept, the less the chance for obesity. It is already known that adults lacking sleep (less then 7 hours) are at increased risk for weight gain. The researchers believe this problem is caused by disruption of healthy leptin function, as well as disruption of one of leptin’s companions, ghrelin (pronounced grel-an).

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Lack of Sleep, Stress, Adrenals, and Obesity

A new study points out that the lack of sleep, all by itself, is enough to inappropriately raise cortisol later in the day. As I explained last week, too much cortisol turns off fat burning gene switches in your liver, leading to obesity risk.

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Lack of Sleep Increases Blood Sugar

A new study shows that individuals who sleep on average less than 6 hours per night have a five fold increased risk for developing abnormally high blood sugar, knocking on the type II diabetes door.

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Teens Lacking Sleep at Risk for Weight Problems

New research with 240 eighteen-year-olds found that as sleep duration went down the consumption of fat and the habit of snacking increased. These changes are enough to shift healthy metabolic function onto a path of weight gain. If someone is already overweight then the shorter sleep time is simply going to further aggravate the problem.

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Alarming Rate of Death Linked to Short Sleep

A group of 741 men, average age 50, were followed for 14 years. Those with less than 6 hours per night of sleep had a 433% increased risk of death from any cause during the study period. This is an astounding number and places a new emphasis on the importance of quality sleep as one grows older.

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Lack of Sleep Undermines Weight Loss Efforts

If you are short on sleep and are trying to lose weight it may cut your results by 55%, as demonstrated by a new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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