Modern lifestyles that pile on the stress, and shrink down the sleep might just be making us fat! How many of us today try to take on far too much? We rush around from pillar to post, in reality struggling to do anything really well. The tension rises as we bounce from one challenge to the next! And so we turn to eating, to counteract the pressure.
But it could be there's a connection between food that's laden with calories and feeling stressed. Stress-related weight gain does exist. The process is thought to be something like this - Cortisol, a stress hormone is exuded by the body at particularly stressful times.
As a result, this stimulates the release of insulin in an effort to make our blood-sugar level stable. This insulin release makes us feel hungry- particularly for carbohydrate and fat-rich foods. So we eat carbs and fats, and pretty quickly feel more energised.
A moment or so later the stress is appeased and we feel happy again. But very soon afterwards, our energy boost plummets! To explain - the glucose now in our bloodstream is captured by the insulin and transferred to the fat deposits around our body.
Consequently we'd be well advised to de-stress our lifestyle before embarking on a new weight reduction program. In conjunction with this idea is a theory about sleep and weight management. Some years ago, the average night's sleep was eight hours - now we're lucky if we manage seven.
Alongside this, is the fact that weight problems have increased. One theory is this is due to hormones. If we're run-down through lack of sleep, hormonal changes create hunger. Because we're awake, our bodies are tricked into thinking it must be day-time, and so believe more food is needed.
Clearly the more tired we feel, the greater our desire to re-fuel. Yet again, this leads to a craving for high fat and carbohydrate food. Weight gain problems therefore could be helped by simply taking a full eight hours sleep.
So perhaps one key to weight loss (along with a great eating program of course), is to look at the ways in which we can simplify our lives and enjoy more relaxation. It's not the end of the world if something has to be left until tomorrow! And so when night-time falls, you're ready to drift off to sleep at a reasonable time, without fighting the desire for just one more snack! - 30241
But it could be there's a connection between food that's laden with calories and feeling stressed. Stress-related weight gain does exist. The process is thought to be something like this - Cortisol, a stress hormone is exuded by the body at particularly stressful times.
As a result, this stimulates the release of insulin in an effort to make our blood-sugar level stable. This insulin release makes us feel hungry- particularly for carbohydrate and fat-rich foods. So we eat carbs and fats, and pretty quickly feel more energised.
A moment or so later the stress is appeased and we feel happy again. But very soon afterwards, our energy boost plummets! To explain - the glucose now in our bloodstream is captured by the insulin and transferred to the fat deposits around our body.
Consequently we'd be well advised to de-stress our lifestyle before embarking on a new weight reduction program. In conjunction with this idea is a theory about sleep and weight management. Some years ago, the average night's sleep was eight hours - now we're lucky if we manage seven.
Alongside this, is the fact that weight problems have increased. One theory is this is due to hormones. If we're run-down through lack of sleep, hormonal changes create hunger. Because we're awake, our bodies are tricked into thinking it must be day-time, and so believe more food is needed.
Clearly the more tired we feel, the greater our desire to re-fuel. Yet again, this leads to a craving for high fat and carbohydrate food. Weight gain problems therefore could be helped by simply taking a full eight hours sleep.
So perhaps one key to weight loss (along with a great eating program of course), is to look at the ways in which we can simplify our lives and enjoy more relaxation. It's not the end of the world if something has to be left until tomorrow! And so when night-time falls, you're ready to drift off to sleep at a reasonable time, without fighting the desire for just one more snack! - 30241
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