You may hit the gym regularly, but if you’re serious about losing weight or preventing weight gain, you need to make sure you’re getting enough zzzzs―at least seven hours every night. If you don’t, you’ll cheat your body out of the sleep it needs to burn calories. Plus, adequate sleep is essential to maintain proper hormone levels, including those that control hunger and affect weight loss. Too little leptin, along with too much ghrelin and cortisol, and you’ll feel uncontrollable hunger. As a result, you’ll not only overeat and gain weight but increase your risk of diabetes and heart disease. As long as your hunger hormones remain out of balance, regaining control of your appetite and re-establishing a healthy metabolism may seem like an insurmountable challenge. But with proper guidance, you can improve your quality of sleep, tame your hunger hormones, lose weight, and lower your risk of chronic disease. Read more…
Hormones are powerful chemical messengers in the body, important for regulating many bodily functions, including metabolism, growth, mood, and reproductive health. When hormone levels are off balance, either too low […]
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