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December 07, 2004
Snooze, You Lose
Attention: Cheating yourself of sleep can result in intense bitchiness, job loss, and now weight gain.
According to two studies, if you sleep less than five hours a night, you experience a decrease in the hormone leptin ("I'm full") and an increase in the hormone ghrelin ("Me want more food"). Worse yet, sleep-depravity inclines you to choose to eat evil foods like sweets and carbs over more healthy alternatives.
Results may vary.
I hope this means the converse is true: Marathon sleeping will result in weight loss. Then, when I roll over in bed instead of going for a run, my body will thank me, pound by pound.
Posted by Michele at December 7, 2004 10:37 PM
