How does not getting enough sleep hurt my body? The Impact of Poor Quality Sleep
There are a host of health problems that can be associated with chronic sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation can make you more susceptible to colds, flu, and other infections. It can cause you to feel irritable and experience mood swings, reduce your ability to deal with stress, as well as increasing your chances of having depression and anxiety. In short, most aspects of life are largely dependent upon sleep.
Studies over the course of several years regularly show that how much you sleep each night can progressively increase your risk of developing obesity and diabetes-related complications.
One of the greatest examples of this found that women who sleep less than five hours per night had the highest body weights of women in the study. In comparison, women who slept a normal amount (7 to 8 hours) had what was considered to be a normal body weight.
While many theories exist, several studies have reported that being low on sleep increases ghrelin level, particularly in the early morning hours. Ghrelin is a hormone produced mostly in our stomach, and when produced, it signals our body to be hungry while also decreasing how many calories are burned by the body.
Stop and read that again POOR SLEEP MAKES YOU EAT MORE AND BURN LESS.
In addition, studies have also shown that when the body is sleep-deprived, natural levels of physical activity (which will burn calories and help maintain a favorable balance) are decreased.
Recently, a study reported that just one night of complete sleep deprivation decreases energy expenditure by 5% at rest, but this decrease was 4x greater after a meal was consumed, resulting in a 20% reduction in the number of calories being burned by the body.
There are pretty consistent findings that going without adequate sleep is a surefire way to get your body out of whack and off-kilter. Putting on pounds of muscle or losing fat can be challenging enough; depriving yourself of quality sleep will make it even more challenging.
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