Lack of sleep leads to overeating

We all know that eating should be moderate portions. So why sometimes, just the smell of chocolates or biscuits enough to ensure that we threw out our principles of good nutrition right in the window? The magazine "Health" conducted a survey of leading national experts in the U.S. addressing the issue that many people overeat at the table. Scientists explain the reasons may be overeating and how to prevent problems caused by "too much food, that's one of those reasons. You sleep enough! Moreover, that lack of sleep you immerses you in a mental fog, and it causes a disturbance of metabolism in the body, which can lead to weight gain. Lack of sleep harms your waist, because it affects two important hormones that control appetite and the saturation - leptin, and ghrelin - says Kristi L. Nutsona (Kristen L. Knutson, Ph.D.) of the research, specializing in the study of sleep and health. The study found that people who slept only four hours for two nights in a row, it was 18% reduction in the hormone leptin (signals the brain that we have eaten enough), and 28-percent increase in ghrelin (the hormone that causes hunger ), compared with those who slept longer. Result: The sleep-deprived volunteers study reported 24-percent increase in appetite. Short sleep may also weaken the metabolism of glucose and for a long time to prepare the ground for the second type of diabetes, said Nutson. How to start a monitor? When we are tired, when the reserve power is exhausted, our body is looking for his eyes everything that contains sugar or high in carbohydrates. This is because these products give the same time - a rapid increase in energy and comfort, mood (because lack of sleep - stress to the body). In order to appease their appetite and thus get enough power, try to combine carbohydrates and proteins. Do not have a simple sugar or carbohydrates, take fiber and combine with proteins. Fibers longer than the body burns sugar and you will not again want to have longer. For breakfast, eat whole wheat toast with egg whites. Commit a ten-day trip away from work to cheer him. And most important - of course try to sleep well. The best way to 9 hours a day, but it can and seven - the best way to normalize the amount of hormones, and thus avoid overeating during the day.