According to studies and research good sleep is just as important to staying slim as physical activity.
Overweight and obese people suffer from poor sleep habits; this causes them to be susceptible to sleeping disorders like sleep apnea, which impairs breathing during slumber. Even though the individual might sleep all night it’s definitely not quality sleep.
Well, you must be wondering how sleep is related to obesity. Sleep in fact plays a very important role in determining weight gain.
Individuals who suffer from poor sleep quality, feel worse and end up having poor energy levels, poor motivation, as a result of which they do not take proper care of themselves, do not exercise and end up gaining more weight. Subsequently, people’s sleep apnea gets worse and their poor sleep quality begets more weight gaining.
Researchers have found out that one tends to consume higher carbohydrate food, when one is awake late at night, which can exacerbate the problem. Another link was brought about between Insomnia and weight gain. Insomnia leads to mood changes and is associated with depression. Symptoms of depression are eating more and gaining more weight and thus the cycle continues.Quality of sleep is just as important as the amount of sleep a person gets. Therefore, its very essential that one has proper quality sleep. It would be better to get four hours of uninterrupted sleep than eight hours of sleep, where you are waking up every 20 minutes.
Tips to insure that you are getting quality sleep include
- Striving to go to bed and wake up at roughly the same time every day.
- Making your bedroom cool and comfortable
- Using the bedroom only to sleep.
- Avoid working, eating or watching TV in your bedroom.
So, make sure you sleep well and avoid any kind of health problem. This life is too short to be wasted on health issues. Stay healthy and live a full and happy life
