For many Americans, adjusting their clocks to “spring forward” an hour and gain some extra sunlight is a welcome change after the long, dark (and continuing ) Winter. It’s coming up this weekend: this year, daylight saving time begins at Two a.m. on Sunday, March 8.
But losing that hour of sleep can have surprisingly serious health consequences.
Skipping extra time at the gym in return for sleeping extra hours could help you lose weight better than skimming.
A recent study published in Diabetologia said that obesity and diabetes can be caused by lack of sleep as well. Apparently, lack of sleep can lead to increased levels of fatty acids in the blood.
Fatty acids can block the ability of insulin to regulate one’s blood sugar level. Hence the researchers recommends that the best way to fight obesity is to get more or enough sleep.
“At the population level, multiple studies have reported connections between restricted sleep, weight gain, and type 2 diabetes,” Dr. Esra Tasali, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago and senior author of the study, said in the press release. “Experimental laboratory studies, like ours, help us unravel the mechanisms that may be responsible.”
So feel free to indulge in the following Sleep Diet Foods and stop your weight gain from lack of quality sleep !
Food can be a strong support in the quest for a good night’s sleep. Some insomnia sufferers wake at night because their blood sugar drops too low. Adequate protein and healthy fat intake can help stabilize blood sugar through the night, and allow the liver to let out stored sugar molecules as needed for a good night’s sleep. Foods can also support the healthy production of brain neurotransmitters and create calming results in the body.
1. Sour Cherries
These cherries are amazin because they have about six times the amount of melatonin than a regular cherry
2. Steel Cut Oatmeal
Oats contain melatonin and complex carbohydrates that can help more tryptophan get into the brain to help you sleep. It also contains vitamin B6, a vitamin which is a co-factor that helps more serotonin get produced in the brain as well.
