One of the most common misconceptions about sleeping is that sleeping makes us fat. Although sleeping too much can have several adverse effects (one of them being weight gain), lack of sleep has also been associated with weight gain. Recent study has been conducted by several medical experts to prove the theory.
If a person is tired or stressed, person tends to eat more. “When women are deprived of sleep, they have an increase in ghrelin -- what we call the ‘go’ hormone -- because it makes you want to go eat more,” says Breus, clinical director of the sleep division at Southwest Spine & Sport in Scottsdale, Arizona, and author of Beauty Sleep. “They also have a drop in leptin, the ‘stop’ hormone that tells you to stop when you’re full.”
Another important outcome of this research is the women who sleep more tends to store less fat. “During deep sleep, your brain secretes a large amount of growth hormone, which tells your body how to break down fat for fuel,” explains Breus. “Deprive your body of deep sleep, and when extra calories get stored as fat, there isn’t enough growth hormone to break it down. So your body takes a shortcut and packs it away in your butt, thighs, belly -- wherever you tend to put on weight.”
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