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Sleep to beat obesity: how the sleep diet works

Losing weight without changing your diet is possible: it can be done by improving your lifestyle and especially by sleeping more.

Many people often underestimate the importance of sleep in weight management, but it has been proven that sleeping well can promote weight loss and improve metabolism. In this photo gallery, we will be taken on a tour of this new approach that focuses not on the quantity and quality of food, but on the duration and quality of sleep.

We will discover the benefits of regular, quality sleep, a pleasant new ally in the fight against obesity.

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Sleep to beat obesity: how the sleep diet works
Losing weight without changing your diet is possible: it can be done by improving your lifestyle and especially by sleeping more. Many people often underestimate the importance of sleep in weight management, but it has been proven that sleeping well can promote weight loss and improve metabolism. In this photo gallery, we will be taken on a tour of this new approach that focuses not on the quantity and quality of food, but on the duration and quality of sleep. We will discover the benefits of regular, quality sleep, a pleasant new ally in the fight against obesity.
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Prolonging sleep at night
Prolonging sleep at night positively affects the amount of food and calories taken in during the day: these are the conclusions of a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Getting a good night's sleep can help regulate appetite with fewer calories ingested.
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Experiment
The theoretical study was followed by an experiment, conducted by a team of scientists from the Centre for Sleep at the University of Chicago Medicine and the University of Wisconsin, on a group of 80 pre-obese volunteers. The extension of sleep to 8.5 hours coincided with a reduction in energy requirements and an average intake of 270 kcal less per day.
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An important discovery
Extending sleep therefore can actually reduce the amount of calories ingested. The result of the research is remarkable because the participants did not have to do anything but sleep more. No dieting, no change of environment, no other change of habits.
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4 pounds lost in one year
In the long term, a daily reduction of about 270 kcal means losing about 4 kilograms in a year. Not bad for a few extra hours of sleep.
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