2. The number of hours of sleep may be important, but so is the quality of that sleep. For example, sleep apnea, a condition which tends to be more common in those who are overweight, can interfere with the quality of the person's sleep, so that even after what seems like 8 hours of sleep, they still are tired and worn out.
Cortisol is another hormone associated with appetite and weight loss and weight gain. Surely you have seen the ads in which it is referred to as "nasty". In actuality, it is nothing of the sort any more than blood is "nasty". It serves a purpose, in fact several purposes, but it is out of place in many of our modern situations, and the over production of cortisol can influence weight gain, and hamper attempts at weight loss.
Failure to get the proper amount, and quality, of sleep tends to increase the production of cortisol, contributing to the body's mistaken attempt to compensate for what it sees as an attack. Most real attacks would require vast expenditures of energy which would need to be replaced, so, cortisol signals the body to ingest large quantities of food to help replace the missing energy and perform repairs to the body. The problem is that if no energy has been expended, and you are merely suffering from lack of sleep, the body is going to get the same message as if you had escaped an attack, and the food taken in will just be stored as fat rather than being used to replace missing energy stores.
While this seems like a vicious cycle, and it is, it is not unbreakable. No one immediate action is likely to have you waking up tomorrow fit as a fiddle and twenty pounds lighter, but you can take steps to slow down the hamster wheel and eventually get off for good.
Go to bed a little earlier. Turn the TV off sooner. Learn a little bit about meditation. Take a walk. Lift that bag of sugar a couple of extra times (in each hand) before you put it in the cupboard. Park a few feet further away from your office or the grocery store than you did last time. You learned to walk one step at a time, and you fell down a lot, but you didn't let it bother you and you kept on until you finally achieved your goal and tottered a few feet on your own (and slept like...well...a baby). Don't let this get in your way either.
Effects Of Weight Loss
Drinking tea can be an effective way to lose the pounds, and it can also be used as an effective addition to any existing exercise program. Actually, extracts from green tea and white tea are already being included in many diet pills that you probably see on TV. Tea is used in these products because it is known to naturally boost your metabolism!
Many scientists have researched the effects on tea and published their results in respected journals. To see for yourself, check out PubMed.Com and search for terms such as tea, white tea and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), theanine, which are components of tea. The studies have examined the effects that tea has on weight loss, cancer prevention, antioxidant activity, cognitive abilities, general health and the immune system, as well as other areas. To make a long story short, tea has been scientifically proven to be good for you in many different ways.
Tea has caffeine in it, which will boost your metabolism and help you lose weight. Even if you do nothing different but drinking weight loss tea, you will lose weight by increasing your metabolism. This is only one of the ways that drinking tea can help you! For example, tea is also an effect glucose regulator. Tea will smooth out the rise in blood sugar after you eat any meal. The way that tea lowers your blood sugar is by regulating the digestive enzyme amylase. Usually your body will store the excess blood sugar as fat, but by drinking weight loss tea and lowering your blood sugar, your body will not even have the opportunity to store it as fat!
Another reason to drink tea, especially white tea, that it is very rich in antioxidants, similar to beta-carotene and vitamin C. This is because tea contains epigallocatechin gallate, which has been found to have antioxidant properties 200 times more powerful than vitamin E (see Am J Clin Nutr. 2006 Sep;84(3):551-5) Anti oxidants have been widely studied, and found to have positive health benefits!For example, antioxidants can absorb free radicals, which reduces the risk of cancer, antixoidants are good for your immune system, and antioxidants have even been used to get rid of wrinkles.
In a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers have foundthat drinking tea, which contains a high level of catechins, can help to lower body fat and cholesterol levels.It was also found that drinking weight loss tea could lower cardiovascular risks, such as stroke and heart attack. (Am J Clin Nutr; 81:122-129)
As you can see, there are many scientifically grounded benefits to drinking tea for weight loss. Drinking tea can boost your metabolism, lower blood sugar, reduce cardiovascular risk, and improve your immune system with antioxidants. It is simple, easy, and natural so why wait?
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Donovan Baldwin has sinced written about articles on various topics from Women, Health and Bodybuilding Supplements. Donovan Baldwin is a Dallas area writer. He is a graduate of the University of West Florida, a member of Mensa, and retired from the U. S. Army. Find more
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