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Along with bringing the latest news and trends about alternative health, Bob will help you get the most of your Internet health research. Bob is the Living Well Columnist for the Seattle Post- Intelligencer. He covers health and quality of life for the Hearst-owned newspaper and writes regularly for national magazines. He is a former syndicated health columnist for the Chicago Tribune twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and author of six books, including “The Good Mood Diet” and “Your Prostate Cancer Survivors’ Guide.” His articles have appeared in Life, Esquire, Parade, Self, Outside and Shape among national magazines. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and two 11-year-old kids. |
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| Friday, October 31, 2008 |
| Sleep Power Week: Control Your Appetite, Sleep More |
Some of the newest and most welcome sleep research indicates that getting enough slumber can help your build muscle and burn fat. Hmm, sounds good, sleep more and shed the pounds. What’s more, other studies show that even “partial sleep deprivation” can lead to an increased appetite for both more overall calories and more empty-calorie foods such as candy and cookies.
The esteemed University of Chicago sleep lab performed the appetite study. Volunteer subjects (all healthy young men) who slept only four hours per night for just two nights experienced an 18 percent reduction in leptin, the brain hormone that tells the body to stop eating. Plus, the subjects’ ghrelin levels increased 28 percent, on average, in the same two nights. Ghrelin is a hormone that leads us to feel hungry.
(Yeah, know what you are thinking…man, my ghrelin level is high right now...at least, mine always seems to be, especially when blogging.)
Continue reading...Labels: alternative health, alternative medicine, bob condor, sleep, weight loss |
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