Thursday, July 1, 2010

How can a lack of good night's sleep increase the risk of heart disease and weight gain


How can a lack of good night's sleep increase the risk of heart disease and weight gain?
We all know that saturated fatty, high caloric foods lead to gaining weight and heart problems. But I just don't get how a lack of sleep leads to cardio(heart) risks. I recently heard the news that a lack of sleep can be bad for one's heart. What does it have to do with that? And how does it lead to gaining weight?
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will this still a subject of debate, but some studies shows less sleeping than needed for the body, put the body on a stressful condition, with the increase of body stress hormones, (corticosteroid, adrenaline and nor-adrenaline, and others,) which somehow increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, also it affects the appetite regulating hormones ,leptin, and may increase appetie, so after all its hormonal issue...



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