A recent article on MSNBC chronicled an experiment done at the Glamour Magazine office. It involved a handful of women following the simplest of regimens for 10 weeks to see what the weight loss effects would be. All they had to do was get 7.5 hours of sleep per night.
The results were pretty amazing, especially when you consider the subjects really changed nothing else in their daily routine. The women lost between 6 and 15 pounds over those 10 weeks. Three of them lost a pound or more per week. The article goes on to explain that the extra sleep allows growth hormone to break down stored fat. So, we can be sure that the weight lost was fat, which of course is what we all want.
Sometimes scientific studies have a great message, but the average person loses the point in all the technical details. That’s what I like about this article. It’s not a controlled study at all, but it’s simple enough that anybody can try it. And really, what’s the harm in trying to get more sleep? We all know sleeping more is a good thing for our bodies. Now we have a real world example that shows just how good it could be.
- Kevin Hignett, khignett@herbruckalder.com
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