New Study: Sleep Loss = Weight Gain (and tons of other diseases)

Here’s something that hopefully will not keep you awake at night. New study published in the journal Cell on the negative effects of irregular sleep patterns reveal that lack of sleep means weight gain. The study surprised even the researchers after they found out that volatile sleep and eating patterns in mice and humans can lead to negative metabolic changes in the microorganisms found in their stomach. These changes are specifically associated with higher obesity rates, heart diseases, diabetes, cancer and weaker immune system. Lose sleep and you ll gain a few pounds, it s that simple.  As it turned out metabolic disruption at the microbial level due to lack of sleep has big and profound effects even on humans. Health problems, obesity, heart disease, cancer and susceptibility to infection are not rare, and as the research found out one of the major contributory factors to them is very common as well. The research also noted that lack of sleep can also affect hormonal fluctuatio
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