An important study at the University of Chicago demonstrated that sleep deprivation causes us to overeat, because it disrupts the balance between two appetite-related hormones – ghrelin and leptin. When we don’t get enough sleep, our levels of ghrelin, a hormone produced by stomach cells and believed to increase feelings of hunger, rise. Leptin, a hormone produced by our fat cells that suppresses the appetite and burns fat stores, is decreased.
Tip: Establish a regular sleep regimen that aims to give you 8 hours of sleep per night.
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When we are raising young children, we often can go through weeks or months with a shortage of good sleep. This will only change when the children grow and establish their sleep patterns. Do you have any suggestions of supple,emts that could be taken to help reduce the negative impact of these periods of poor sleep on the body?
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