Lose Weight While You Sleep!

Sounds like a dream come true, but the reality is that the less sleep you get the heavier you get.  Researchers have learned that if you sleep six hours or less, you are more likely to be more obese or more heavyweight.  Two hormones are affected if you sleep less.  Grhelin is produced in the stomach.  If you sleep less, grhelin increases in your stomach and in turn increase your appetite.  Leptin decreases appetite and controls it if you sleep enough hours.  If you sleep less, leptin decreases and can't control the appetite.  It's important to get more sleep.

People with Sleep Apnea and other sleep disorders have trouble with their weight.  Using a device like the CPAP machine helps with sleep and weight gain.

Another reason to sleep more hours is that the body's temperature decreases from lack of sleep.  It makes you more likely to eat sweets and carbohydrates.