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Metabolism Booster #7 — The Laziest Way to Shed Fat
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sbrown
Want the easiest way possible to speed up your metabolism? Catch some more zzzzz’s! It’s true. In 1999 the University of Chicago did a study with eleven lean young men. They had them sleep eight hours for the first three nights. Then for sixteen nights the men slept only four hours, between 1 a.m.…
You Snooze, You Lose
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sbrown
Sometimes you gain weight when you lose sleep. Will sleeping more help you drop the pounds? Maybe. First there is the relationship between the hunger hormone ghrelin and the fullness hormone leptin that we looked at yesterday. When you are sleep deprived, your body produces more of the “eat” hormone and less of the “stop…
Lose Weight While You Sleep?
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sbrown
Lose weight while you sleep! That sounds like a late-night infomercial for a miracle pill. Too bad those things never work. However, there is a definite connection between how much you sleep and how much you eat. The amount — and the quality — of your nightly sleep can make a difference in your overall…
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