Stay in Bed to Blast More Fat? Hey, We're Not Arguing With This Advice
By Sarah Jio, Glamour magazine
How's your sleep quality lately? Are you getting enough zzzs? If anxiety is keeping you up (or insomnia, screaming children, or work deadlines) and you're wondering why the pounds just won't go away, here's some news for you...
Experts have long drawn a correlation between lack of sleep and weight gain, but now a new study takes it a step further: Don't get enough sleep and you're liable to pack on pounds.
Related: The Smart Way to Get More Sleep and More Energy
Researchers from the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin-Madison say that not getting enough sleep can "sabotage" weight loss goals, noting a correlation between lack of sleep and the body's tendency to hold on to pesky accumulations of fat.
The study examined the sleep/weight loss effects of good quality sleep (8.5 hours) vs. poor quality sleep (5.5 hours) and found that the good quality sleep group lost more fat than the poor quality group (even though their caloric intake was the same).
Sort of fascinating, isn't it?
How's your sleep lately? Getting somewhere in the good quality range (7.5-8.5 hours)?
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