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altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:38 pm	Post subject: Lack of sleep makes you fat and stupid A lack of sleep makes you "fat, stupid and sick", according to German scientists. Sleep researcher Professor Juergen Zulley from the Regensburg University Hospital in Bavaria said: "It makes you stupid because suffering from sleep deficiency diminishes your memory. Sick, because too little sleep can damage your heart, circulation, stomach and intestines. And fat because while we are sleeping are bodies release a hormone that reduces appetite. "If the release of this hormone is interrupted because we are not getting a full night's sleep then we quickly feel hungry which causes most people to head straight to the fridge," he said. He added in order to stay fit and healthy people should regularly have seven hours sleep a night. Aaron


capebretoner Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:35 pm	Post subject: That makes sense to me. I know a lot of people who brag about how little sleep that they need any night. They are also some of the most pale sickly people that I know If you talk to any trainer they will tell you that one of the most important things if you want to loss fat or gain muscle is to sleep 8 hours a night

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 11:24 pm	Post subject: Good thing I slept like 10+ hours last night.

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:05 am	Post subject: I slept 7 and a half last night. I usually get by on around that, but really I'd sooner have 8. Aaron

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:18 pm	Post subject: It was like 8 last night. Maybe less. I was pleased to have finished reading a book.

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:19 am	Post subject: Do you ever really feel the need to catch up on sleep and have something like 12 hours in just one night? I certainly used to but nowadays I don't really get the opportunity to catch up like that. Aaron

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:27 am	Post subject: Yes, I feel like it occasionally. It's weird. It probably doesn't make difference scientifically, but it feels like it does.

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:19 am	Post subject: I'm not sure. I think it probably does make sense scientifically. It's kind of your body's way of saying to you that you need to catch up on rest. Aaron

venus Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:43 pm	Post subject: Quote: He added in order to stay fit and healthy people should regularly have seven hours sleep a night. 7 hours sounds good. When I get a small amount of sleep for too many nights in a row, I feel depressed, & really mean.

Scolls Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:08 am	Post subject: I got about 11 last night... never even got online! Work was too hectic physically, so I just konked out early. Ideally, I'd like 8 hours a night, but most nights only get around 6.

venus Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:24 am	Post subject: And I can't fall asleep on my own, most of the time, I have to have sleeping aid. And I know that's no good for my circadian rhythms....

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:16 pm	Post subject: iRuleThisForum wrote: Good thing I slept like 10+ hours last night. Does that make you thin and clever? Aaron

Scolls Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:30 am	Post subject: But what actually happens when you sleep? Doesn't your body repair itself & build tissue & produce fat? I would actually have thought that one would burn more energy being awake, and hence be less likely to gain weight?

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:41 am	Post subject: altyfc wrote: iRuleThisForum wrote: Good thing I slept like 10+ hours last night. Does that make you thin and clever? Aaron If I don't get good sleep (not necessarily long sleep), I'm not very sharp.

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:43 am	Post subject: Scolls wrote: I would actually have thought that one would burn more energy being awake, and hence be less likely to gain weight? I initially thought that there is a correlation, and then I thought about this again and came to conclude that there really isn't any correlation. If there is actually a correlation, so many people would readjust their sleep to lose weight, wouldn't they?

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altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:38 pm

Post subject: Lack of sleep makes you fat and stupid

A lack of sleep makes you "fat, stupid and sick", according to German scientists.

Sleep researcher Professor Juergen Zulley from the Regensburg University Hospital in Bavaria said: "It makes you stupid because suffering from sleep deficiency diminishes your memory. Sick, because too little sleep can damage your heart, circulation, stomach and intestines. And fat because while we are sleeping are bodies release a hormone that reduces appetite.

"If the release of this hormone is interrupted because we are not getting a full night's sleep then we quickly feel hungry which causes most people to head straight to the fridge," he said.

He added in order to stay fit and healthy people should regularly have seven hours sleep a night.

Aaron

capebretoner

Joined: 17 Sep 2005

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:35 pm

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That makes sense to me. I know a lot of people who brag about how little sleep that they need any night. They are also some of the most pale sickly people that I know

If you talk to any trainer they will tell you that one of the most important things if you want to loss fat or gain muscle is to sleep 8 hours a night

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 11:24 pm

Post subject:

Good thing I slept like 10+ hours last night.

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:05 am

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I slept 7 and a half last night. I usually get by on around that, but really I'd sooner have 8.

Aaron

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:18 pm

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It was like 8 last night. Maybe less. I was pleased to have finished reading a book.

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:19 am

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Do you ever really feel the need to catch up on sleep and have something like 12 hours in just one night? I certainly used to but nowadays I don't really get the opportunity to catch up like that.

Aaron

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:27 am

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Yes, I feel like it occasionally. It's weird. It probably doesn't make difference scientifically, but it feels like it does.

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:19 am

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I'm not sure. I think it probably does make sense scientifically. It's kind of your body's way of saying to you that you need to catch up on rest.

Aaron

venus

Joined: 18 Aug 2005

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:43 pm

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He added in order to stay fit and healthy people should regularly have seven hours sleep a night.

7 hours sounds good. When I get a small amount of sleep for too many nights in a row, I feel depressed, & really mean.

Scolls

Joined: 05 Aug 2005

Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:08 am

Post subject:

I got about 11 last night... never even got online!

Work was too hectic physically, so I just konked out early.

Ideally, I'd like 8 hours a night, but most nights only get around 6.

venus

Joined: 18 Aug 2005

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:24 am

Post subject:

And I can't fall asleep on my own, most of the time, I have to have sleeping aid. And I know that's no good for my circadian rhythms....

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:16 pm

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iRuleThisForum wrote:

Good thing I slept like 10+ hours last night.

Does that make you thin and clever? Very Happy

Aaron

Scolls

Joined: 05 Aug 2005

Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:30 am

Post subject:

But what actually happens when you sleep? Doesn't your body repair itself & build tissue & produce fat?
I would actually have thought that one would burn more energy being awake, and hence be less likely to gain weight?

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:41 am

Post subject:

altyfc wrote:

iRuleThisForum wrote:

Good thing I slept like 10+ hours last night.

Does that make you thin and clever? Very Happy

Aaron

If I don't get good sleep (not necessarily long sleep), I'm not very sharp.

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:43 am

Post subject:

Scolls wrote:

I would actually have thought that one would burn more energy being awake, and hence be less likely to gain weight?

I initially thought that there is a correlation, and then I thought about this again and came to conclude that there really isn't any correlation. If there is actually a correlation, so many people would readjust their sleep to lose weight, wouldn't they?

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