Sleep off the pounds
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Sounds like a late night sleezy commercial – eh?
But really there is a connection between sleep and weight.
That connection is hormones…
Hormones that toy with your appetite control system are affected by your level of rest.
Short change your sleep and you:
-> increase ghrelin which increases appetite
-> decrease leptin which signals satiety
-> increase cortisol which makes you fat
You crave those vending machine high calorie, high carb foods. That sends you on the sugar high, sugar crash cycle. And then of course you’re also likely to rely on caffeine.
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