Scientists have proven that a defect in sleep leads to obesity

Scientists say that the lack of high-quality sleep can cause cravings for food and stress, while reducing energy and metabolic rate.

According to dietetics experts, a sleep defect may well become another prerequisite for the collection of excess weight. It is noted that the appetite grows because of hunger hormones and special processes that occur in the brain, which are activated due to poor sleep. Our research has shown that metabolic disorders, in particular obesity, also become common. As a result, a person can consume more food. "Accordingly, for weight loss should start with improving sleep," - said one of the creators of the research Christian Benedict.

Benedict subjected students to different sleep regimes, some received the usual eight hours, and the rest did not sleep for several days. This factor in turn increases the risk of obesity. Past experiments showed that those participants who slept no more than 5 hours a day, gained about 2 kilograms a week.

According to the creators of the experience, in which the students of the above-mentioned university participated, a sleep defect or a bad dream lead to a set of excess weight due to a slowing of metabolism, a rise in the level of stress hormones and hunger hormones.