New research has found that getting good sleep could help you shed some pounds. | via philstarlife
New research has found that getting good sleep could help you shed some pounds. , an improvement in the quality and duration of your sleep could help “reduce weight and be a viable intervention for obesity prevention and weight loss programs.”
The researchers gathered 80 overweight adults who slept for less than 6.5 hours a night for a clinical trial. “Those randomized to a 2-week sleep extension intervention significantly reduced their daily energy intake by approximately 270 kcal compared with the control group,” they stated in the paper. Based on its dynamic prediction model, such decreased intake could lead to “an approximately 12-kg weight loss over 3 years if the effects were sustained over a long term.
“If sleep is extended over longer periods, weight loss in the form of fat mass would likely increase over time,” the authors explained. “A few observations suggest that sleeping 7 to 8 hours per night is associated with greater success in weight loss interventions.” Now, the question is, how does it work? “Evidence from laboratory sleep restriction studies suggests that increased hunger, alterations in appetite-regulating hormones, and changes in brain regions related to reward-seeking behavior are potential mechanisms that promote overeating after sleep restriction,” the researchers wrote., Dr.
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