Re: [fast5] Sleep more, lose weight, says study

I've experienced that when I fast I tend to not have to sleep more.  I attribute that to the fact that your body does not have to expend so much energy digesting your food which takes lots of energy.  For example, after you eat that huge thanksgiving meal...its not just the tryptophan its also due to most people over eating themselves and the body responding to having to digest all that food.  Now eat a salad which is easily digestable and you have much more energy and don't feel sluggish.  This goes for all foods.  I know after a doughy pizza with cheese or a heavy greasy burger I always feel like a slug.  On a full out water fast I rarely get more than 5 hours of sleep but I don't need it because I have all that saved up energy from not eating.  I honestly don't think that lack of sleep will hinder you from losing weight.  Maybe if there was lack of sleep and other environmental factors tied in it may be the case.  I have two babies under the age of 2 and I know what lack of sleep is like but I still am losing the weight without the full 8 hours, 5 hours, or even 3 hours of sleep living the Fast 5 lifestyle. --- On Thu, 10/21/10, tamaratornado <tamaratornado@yahoo.com> wrote: From: tamaratornado <tamaratornado@yahoo.com> Subject: [fast5] Sleep more, lose weight, says study To: fast5@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010, 9:43 AM   Sleep more, lose weight, says study Are you trying your best to eat right and exercise, but still not losing weight? One study suggests that lack of sleep could throw off a diet. Research from the University of Chicago showed that dieters who slept for 8.5 hours lost 55 percent more body fat than dieters who slept 5.5 hours. "Lack of sufficient sleep may compromise the efficacy of typical dietary interventions for weight loss and related metabolic risk reduction," the study authors concluded in an article released Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, a journal of the American College of Physicians. Not having enough sleep could affect a hormone called ghrelin, known to affect appetite and weight. An increase in this hormone level has been shown to make people hungrier and cause higher fat retention. The dieters who slept less reported feeling hungrier throughout the course of the study. http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/04/sleep-more-lose-weight-says-study/

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