The German magazine "Freuden" that good sleep helps the body to lose excess weight, for the following reasons:
1- Stability of hormonal equilibrium
The amount of sleep affects the body's production of leptin, which is excreted from fat cells to regulate appetite.Lack of sleep results in increased appetite, so that the person feels hungry immediately after a fatty meal, and sleep adequately ensures that hormones remain in balance In the body, thus preventing food cravings.
2 - not to store fat in the abdomen
Sleep deprivation is associated with an increase in cortisol, the hormone responsible for stress and nervousness.
3. Maintaining the intestines
The intestines are the center of many hormones that promote satiety or hunger.Increasing a certain type of bacterium results in a lack of secretion of the hormone satiety, which makes it difficult to adhere to any diet, and sleep and intestines affect each other, That sleep may adversely affect the intestinal flora.
4. Willpower
Sleep significantly affects the mental state. A study of Sleep magazine has shown a clear link between lack of sleep and lack of motivation.