Can extra sleep make you lose weight? Strangely enough, yes. Modern scientific evidence suggests that the lack of sleep causes hormonal and metabolic disorders, which lead to weight gain. In addition, when we can not sleep, we can add on extra empty calories like chips and cookies.

After lack of sleep, we do not have the strength to exercise. When we sleep a little, then in our body produces more hormone cortisol. Cortisol promotes the production of insulin, which favors the accumulation of fat in the body.

In addition, when sleep is not enough, production of leptin is disturbed, which is associated with a feeling of satiety.

After a week of lack of sleep (less than four hours of sleep per day), insulin levels in the blood are significantly increased and glucose absorption processes are disrupted. Thus, tolerance to glucose is broken, which is "the first step towards diabetes mellitus". Lack of sleep is the same risk factor for diabetes as a sedentary lifestyle and malnutrition. Bad sleep and lack of sleep are symptoms of stress and unhealthy lifestyles.

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