Will Too Much Sleep Make You Fat?
In last week's article, you learned exactly how not getting enough sleep (less than about 7 hours per night), can cause fat gain, muscle loss and an inability to control the appetite, along with increased risk for a host of chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity.
But the solution is definitely not to begin sleeping as much as you possibly can. Oversleeping may seem like a good idea to fight off the fat gain that can accompany undersleeping, but it's been shown that sleeping in excess of 9 hours per night can be just as damaging to your sleep cycles and your waistline as not getting enough sleep, and in this article, you're going to find out exactly why!
People who oversleep experience a disruption in the body's natural 24 hour biological cycle (the circadian rhythm) and because of this, oversleepers can experience a number of side effects as their bodies struggle to "sync up" with the correct time, leading to a host of health issues associated with oversleeping, including:
Blood sugar fluctuations
Cognitive impairment
Higher body weight
Depression
Increased inflammation
Increased pain
Impaired fertility
Higher risk of obesity
Higher risk of diabetes
Higher risk of heart disease
Higher risk of stroke
Higher all-cause mortality
Several of these oversleeping consequences directly affect fat loss! Let's take a look at a few of them:
Blood sugar fluctuations: Glucose tolerance refers to your body's ability to process sugars, and something alled "impaired glucose tolera...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
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