The “Dream” Diet (Why you lose weight during sleep) By Linda Fiveson
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BETWEEN THE AMOUNT OF SLEEP WE GET AND HOW MUCH WE WEIGH $ATA SHOWS THAT DIETERS WHO GOT BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT HOURS OF SLEEP PER NIGHT HAD MORE SUC CESS LOSING WEIGHT THAN THOSE WHO GOT LESS THAN SIX HOURS 4HE AMOUNT OF SLEEP WE GET IMPACTS THE HOR MONES GHRELIN AND LEPTIN WHICH CONTROL OUR APPETITE AND CRAVINGS 'HRELIN IS PRODUCED IN THE GASTROINTES TINAL TRACT AND IT STIMULATES APPETITE )TmS THE n'Oo HORMONE SAYING n'O EAT MORE o ,EPTIN IS PRODUCED IN FAT CELLS AND IT SENDS A SIGNAL TO THE BRAIN THAT WE ARE FULL )TmS THE n3TOPo HORMONE THAT SAYS n3TOP EATING o 7HEN WE DONmT GET ENOUGH SLEEP THESE HOR MONES BECOME IMBALANCED AND ARENmT ABLE TO FUNC TION PROPERLY 7HEN WE ARENmT WELL RESTED THE LEVELS OF LEPTIN DROP AND MAKE US FEEL HUNGRY /N THE OTHER HAND THE GHRELIN LEVELS RISE AND STIMULATE OUR APPE TITE #ORTISOL THE STRESS HORMONE IS AFFECTED BY SLEEP AS WELL AND IT INCREASES WHEN WE DONmT GET ENOUGH 4HIS IN TURN INCREASES OUR DESIRE FOR nCOMFORT FOODS o 5SUALLY HIGH IN BOTH CALORIES AND CARBOHY DRATES ) AM INCLINED TO BELIEVE THESE FOODS BRING US MUCH MORE DISCOMFORT THAN COMFORT 7HEN WEmRE TIRED IT ALWAYS SEEMS EASIER TO EAT GRAB FOOD THAN TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE nSHOULDo EAT !DDING STRESS TO SLEEP DEPRIVATION IS A DEFINITE RECIPE FOR FAILURE #IRCADIAN RHYTHMS HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR SLEEP TOO #ONTROLLED BY OUR nMASTER CLOCKS o OTHERWISE KNOWN AS OUR BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS THEY ARE THE MENTAL
PHYSICAL AND BEHAVIORAL CHANGES THAT RESPOND TO OUR HOUR CYCLE SIGNALS FROM THE ENVIRONMENT AND MOSTLY LIGHT 4HEY CAN CHANGE OUR SLEEP WAKE CYCLES HORMONE RELEASE BODY TEMPERATURE AND BODILY FUNCTIONS !S DAYLIGHT ENDS OUR nMASTER CLOCKSo CONTROL THE PRODUCTION OF MELATONIN A HOR MONE THAT MAKES US SLEEPY !S DAYLIGHT BEGINS AGAIN OURo MASTER CLOCKSo SEND US SIGNALS TO START WAKING UP -OST OF US PROBABLY NEVER DREAMED THAT OUR SUC CESS OR FAILURE TO LOSE WEIGHT COULD BE AFFECTED BY OUR SLEEPING PATTERNS 9ET IT MAKES SENSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT )N ONE OF THE STUDIES CONDUCTED NOT ONLY WERE THE SUBJECTSm HORMONES ASKEW BUT THEY ALSO HAD HIGHER LEVELS OF BODY FAT 4HOSE WHO SLEPT THE FEWEST AMOUNT OF HOURS PER NIGHT HAD THE HIGH EST WEIGHTS )T ISNmT JUST ABOUT HOW MANY HOURS OF SLEEP WE GET BUT HOW RESTORATIVE THE SLEEP IS AS WELL 1UANTITY AND QUALITY BOTH COUNTØ .OT EVERYONE JUST CLOSES THEIR EYES AND GOES TO SLEEP 3OME PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH INSOMNIA AND OTH ERS HAVE ILLNESSES THAT AFFECT THEIR SLEEP 4HERE ARE OTHER SITUATIONS THAT ARENmT SO CUT AND DRY TOO 7HEN WE FALL ASLEEP OUR THROAT MUSCLES NATURALLY RELAX CAUSING THEM TO GET NARROWER WHEN WE INHALE 3NORING OCCURS AND IN SOME CASES SLEEP APNEA
WHICH IS CAUSED BY FAT BUILD UP AND POOR MUSCLE TONE IN THE TONGUE AND THROAT "EING OVER #ONTINUED ON PAGE