Weight Loss Sleep
Recent studies confirm that a proper night’s sleep prevents adding extra kilograms. More, proper sleep combined with a weight loss diet, can help you lose weight. The German nutritionist Detlef Pape ensures that the human body can be prepared to burn 70-100 calories during a healthy night’s sleep. This means that we could lose up to 3 kilograms (6.6 pounds) per month.
Another study conducted in the United States, that involved 18.000 subjects, concluded that 4 hours or less of sleep per night will increase the risk of obesity with 73%, compared to an individual that sleeps between 7 and 9 hours per night. For a 5 hours sleep the overweight risk stands at 50%, while at 6 hours it’s only 23%. Read the rest of this entry »