Late Nights Wreck Your Metabolism

 Late Nights Wreck Your Metabolism 

Proper sleep - perhaps the most ignored aspect of fat loss. Inadequate sleep wrecks your metabolism.
If you don’t get at least six hours of sleep, which is equivalent to four complete Rapid Eye Movement (REM) cycles, then homeostasis does not rule your nervous system and stress results. This shifts your metabolism pathways to ones that store fat.

As you already know, long periods of stress, such as what happens when you are not sleeping well, could interfere with your body’s composition by increasing fat and decreasing muscle. And this, in turn, causes a sluggish metabolism.

Sleep deprivation also interferes with hormones such as ghrelin and leptin, which are essential to the control of appetite.

Sleep deprivation increases inflammation in the body which in turn, increases the risks of getting a whole host of illnesses. Research has shown that people who are sleep deprived are at higher cardiac risk and also more likely to get certain forms of cancer.

How much sleep should you get? 7-8 hours of deep uninterrupted sleep is ideal. Sleeping more than that regularly is likely to slow down your metabolism.

Whoever said sleep is overrated probably died prematurely. If you have a problem falling asleep, you can take a safe non-addictive sleep aid or consult your physician. 

However, be very wary of some of the sleep aids that are pushed by big pharmaceutical companies. These can cause some harmful side-effects.

Tip: 
Drinking alcoholic beverages may make you sleepy at first but overall it disrupts REM sleep. It is better to have a warm shower and drink a cup of hot milk to help you get your zzzzzzzzzzs.