|
Weight Loss News From Byron J. Richards
Lack of Sleep Causes Excess Carbohydrate ConsumptionThursday, June 12, 2008 - Byron J. Richards, CCNThe pieces of the jigsaw puzzle are fitting together nicely. Fail to get enough restful sleep and the next day you will crave and eat too many carbohydrates – even getting drawn into the evil of snacking. That is the conclusion of researchers at the University of Chicago who studied the sleep and diet patterns of healthy volunteers under laboratory conditions. This information synchronizes nicely with other research now indicating that carbohydrate cravings come about partly due to your body’s need to repair itself. Your stomach’s carbohydrate-craving hunger signal, called ghrelin, also helps trigger the release of growth hormone in your body which is needed to repair wear and tear. Growth hormone is naturally released at night while you are sleeping, in harmony with proper leptin function. When you have done a good job during the day of following the Leptin Diet then you set the stage for proper growth hormone release during sleep, and thus feel better rested the next morning – as long as you sleep 7-8 hours. If you cut sleep short then your body does not have adequate time to repair itself; which means it will try to fix itself during the next day if it can. To do this your body must release growth hormone during the day, which is not the preferred time, and this requires stimulation from ghrelin in order to work. Unfortunately, ghrelin makes you crave and eat carbohydrates. If you get enough sleep then not only do you maximize your prime nighttime fat-burning mode but you also prevent this daytime excess carbohydrate consumption. Part of the issue is just making sure you make adequate time for sleep. Nutrition can also be used to enhance your quality of sleep, as described on my Sleep Health Topic page. If you’ve had too little quality sleep realize that you are at risk for eating too much. Extra calcium that day, like Calcium AEP (3-4 at a time as needed) can help tame ghrelin. Extra Pine Nut Oil (2-3 at a time as needed) can boost full signals. You can use either or both of these remedies, as needed, to help keep yourself on track. Related Entries: Sleep Problems are a Significant Risk for Type II DiabetesLack of Sleep Increases Blood Sugar ### Other Weight Loss News
Pulling Data...
 Loading Navigation...
 Loading Content...
View complete Weight Loss News Archives
Categories:
Most Popular Weight Loss News:
|
Wellness Resources RSS feeds
952-929-4575 
800-717-WELL (9355) 7155 Amundson Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55439
Copyright © Wellness Resources, Inc. 1999-2009 - Terms & Conditions of Use
*These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Note: the asterisk mark following a paragraph and linking to the above FDA disclaimer applies to any or all statements in that paragraph.
