SLEEP IS
A METABOLICALLY ACTIVE
STATE, THAT INFLUENCES GLUCOSE
METABOLISM ,AND TRIGGERS OR INHIBITS
THE RELEASE OF
VARIOUS HORMONES
A LOT OF
ACTIVITY TAKES PLACE
WHILE WE ARE
ASLEEP, LACK OF SLEEP
HAS BEEN SHOWN
TO RESULT IN
DECREASED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE
AND INSULIN SENSITIVITY,AS WELL
AS INCREASE CONCENTRATIONS OF
CORTISOL, THE " FIGHT OR
FLIGHT" HORMONE THAT CAN
ACTIVATE FAT STORAGE
AND TRIGGER GLUCOSE
RELEASE.LESS SLEEP ALSO
INCREASE LEVELS OF GHRELIN
WHICH STIMULATES HUNGER,WHILE
DEPRESSING LEVELS OF
LEPTIN WHICH TENDS
TO DAMPEN APPETITE.
RESEARCHERS FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO REVIEWED
THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE RELATED
TO SLEEP AND
WEIGHT "THEY CONCLUDE THAT
RECENT FINDINGS FROM
POPULATION HEALTH STUDIES
AND LABORATORY EVIDENCE ,FAVORS THE
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SLEEP
LOSS AND INCREASED
RISK OF OBESITY.IF
TOO LITTLE SLEEP ARE
RISK FACTOR FOR DEVELOPING OBESITY,PEOPLE WITH
A FAMILY HISTORY OF
TYPE - 2 DIABETES MAY
NEED TO PAY
CLOSER ATTENTION TO THEIR
SLEEP HABITS,ACCORDING TO
THE FINDINGS FROM
THE SAME UNIVERSITY REPORTED
THAT THOSE WITH POORER
SLEEP HABIT EXHIBITED
INCREASED HUNGER, AND MORE UNCONTROLLED AND EMOTIONAL
EATING.THESE FINDINGS SUGGEST
THAT REDUCED SLEEP
QUALITY MAY BE INDICATOR
OF PROBLEM EATING
PATTERNS IN PEOPLE
AT HIGH RISK
OF TYPE 2- DIABETES.
SOURCE: GNLD LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE
