I ate, slept, and... lost weight

"They ate, and you can sleep, sleep, and you can eat!" - your new slogan on a diet! It turns out that a good sleep is important not only as restoring normal brain function element. Regular medical studies have shown a link between diet, good sleep and weight loss.

The Yearbook of Medicine published a study showing that healthy sleep shows just incredible impact on weight loss. Of course, this does not mean that you are now you can with impunity to gorge on for the night in the hope that having slept 8.5 hours will not only be vigorous, but also lose a couple of kilos. But the most cherished 8.5 hours together with a diet really allow to get rid of extra pounds faster.

The studies were conducted with two groups within 14 days. One group slept for 8.5 hours, and the second - by 5.5 (which is normal for people of this age). Both groups consumed per day by 1450 calories. As a result, upon the expiration revealed that as a group, who slept for 8.5 hours a day, lost in a dream about a half of the total weight loss. The group, which slept 5.5 hours, lost in a dream only a quarter of the total weight.

Moreover, those who slept for 5.5 hours lost as a result of more muscle mass than fat is. The loss of these cherished 3 hours in the body launched the process of storing fat in reserve due to the muscles. Also, people who slept for 8.5 hours woke up less hungry.

So if you are dieting, you would do well at the same time to sleep at least 8 hours a day. A good, healthy sleep has never stopped anyone.