Table of contents:
- Don't be surprised if your waistline widens due to lack of sleep
- How can lack of sleep make waistlines widen?
- Lack of sleep makes it difficult for the body to metabolize
You haven't gotten enough sleep lately? Be careful, not only makes you easily sluggish, lack of sleep according to a study can increase your weight, as well as make your waist circumference widen. How could that be?
Find out what sleep deprivation can do to your weight scale and waist circumference in this article.
Don't be surprised if your waistline widens due to lack of sleep
According to a study conducted at the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine and the School of Food Science and Nutrition, poor sleep patterns can lead to overweight and obesity.
The study also showed that people who slept for an average of about six hours a day had a waist circumference of up to three centimeters (cm) wider than people who slept for seven or eight hours a night.
Therefore, it is only natural that the habit of staying up late can make your favorite clothes no longer fit now.
How can lack of sleep make waistlines widen?
According to the National Health Service (NHS), lack of sleep can contribute to the development of metabolic diseases such as diabetes. Research led by Dr. Laura Hardie, not only saw the relationship between sleep duration, diet patterns, and body weight, but also saw blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and blood sugar.
The study, which included 1,615 adults, recorded how long study participants slept and also recorded their food intake.
After that, the researchers took blood samples, checked body weight, waist circumference, and blood pressure to record and observe. The result is that lack of sleep has a negative impact on all the criteria tested by these experts.
Research published in the journal PLOS One found that lack of sleep can cause HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol) levels to drop. In fact, this cholesterol level helps remove bad fats from the bloodstream, thereby preventing heart disease.
Someone who is sleep deprived usually tends to prefer unhealthy foods. If the result of lack of sleep can cause your body to gain weight, maybe now is the time to reset your messy sleep.
Lack of sleep makes it difficult for the body to metabolize
What is metabolism? Metabolism is a process that occurs when the food and drink consumed is converted into a source of energy for the body.
When the body doesn't get enough sleep, the cortisol or stress hormone levels in the body will increase. This condition will result in an increase in appetite.
When you don't get enough sleep, your body also has difficulty metabolizing carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are not converted into energy, but only accumulate in the body. This condition causes blood sugar levels to be high, which in turn results in increased insulin resistance. Finally, this condition can spread to diabetes.
Increased insulin is a signal for the body to store unused energy as fat. Therefore, people who are constantly deprived of sleep are at increased risk of developing diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure), obesity, and memory problems.
