DOES LACK OF SLEEP STIMULATE WEIGHT GAIN AND OBESITY?

a) Sleep deprivation may be connected to triggering hunger hormones like liptin and ghrelin. Liptin has been associated with appetite control ghrelin in stimulating appetite.

b) the longer one is awake, the more opportunity for eating

c) rest plays a major part in healing and repairing the body AND when the body isn't 100%, it just won't function at 100%

d) daily nutrition is a factor when more hours of active time are in the equation and more food is eaten, the end result is a bigger number on the weight scales.

Some things that were not detailed in the study include questions such as:

a) What were the ages of the human guinea pigs who gained weight during the study?

b) Were the subjects day or night sleepers?

c) Were the gain-ees diabetes/heart/thyroid/menopausal free?

d) What time of year was the study conducted? (Cooler temperatures kick in instinct, triggering the body to add a few pounds during the colder months as a built-in survivor factor. Cooler temperatures requires more energy (calories).) Or could the sleeping pattern lend a false positive that winter is coming, thus triggering the body to store fat for potentially sparse times ahead?

e) Did all the subjects surrender to hunger? If not, did those who didn't still put on weight?

f) Why were these individuals getting only 5-7 hours of sleep each night? Could that reason have been the overweight factor rather than simple lack of sleep?

g) Did weight gain ensue because the test subjects were awake a longer time during the day than normal?

And finally, in an unrelated study, researchers are working to find ways that will allow people to stay awake with very little sleep while feeling rested - as if they've clocked those important 8 hours of sleep each day. Based on the sleep study, this may put a twist on why we need to experience sleep in more 'weighs' than one....

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