Nutrition Energy Diet...Sleep It Off or Sweat it Off!

Nutrition Energy Diet

Convinced you're getting enough sleep?

Aha...ya jelly belly wanna bet on it.

Hey Lifestyler,

I didn't mean to tease ya, but I'd like to ask you a question...if you don't mind?

What to you do in determining the ideal amount of time you need?

Sleep is your body's energising sparkplug...to doze each night, I recommend hitting the hay 15 minutes earlier than normal for an entire week.

If you still feel sluggish midday, keep adding 15 minutes to your nightly sleep routine every week until you finally feel rested and energized.

University of Pennsylvania researchers found that even the most chronically sleep-deprived men and women report feeling "only slightly sleepy."

Ok. Lets talk about those love handles you're sporting.

Mmmm such a bold statemnet aren't they.

Exhaustion is a main ingredient in the recipe for jelly belly.

"Sleep deprivation disrupts your metabolism, seriously sabotaging efforts to maintain an ideal weight," says Jana Klauer, M.D., an obesity researcher at NYC's St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital.

Here's how it works:

Fat cells produce a hormone called leptin, which tells the body how much potential energy it has stored.

Since leptin production peaks at night, when you're asleep, sleep deprivation can throw levels of the hormone out of whack.

The end result?

Your body has no idea how much energy it has banked, so you end up storing fat instead of burning it.

Nutrition Energy Diet...