Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Why Sleep Is So Important to the Weight Loss Process
Here is an article on why sleep is so important to the weight loss process. Essentially according to the Wayne State University of Medicine, as we become sleep derrived, "hormones that process appetite begin to get disorganized." "There's a decrease in the amount of leptin, an appetite-suppressing hormone, when a person gets too little sleep. At the same time, ghrelin -- a hormone that stimulates appetite -- increases with a lack of sleep." It is recommended that we get not less than 6 hours of sleep per night and ultimately 7 or 8 to be at our peak. http://health.msn.com/health-topics/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100205002
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This article brought up a fact that has never been mentioned to me in all the years that I have dealt with chronic insomnia. I find it interesting that there is a connection between sleep and weight loss and/or gain. I will be printing this out and bring it to my next appointment with my sleep disorder specialist and see what they think.
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