Does Your Diet Fail, Because You Sleep Too Little? 40 Min Extra Sleep Will Shed 1 Exta Pound of Fat in 6 Months
Image 1: Blindfolds are cheaper than light-tight curtains or shutters and they are more versatile ;-) I have repeatedly emphasized the importance of quality sleep, here at the SuppVersity . Based on my own experience sleeping should be your your #1 priority if you want to look good, feel good and perform at your personal best on the cognitive and physiological level into your old age . Unfortunately, the number of controlled long(er)-term studies on the issue is quite small and the epidemiological data either unreliable, inconclusive or both (in most of the cases, the latter is the case; for a review see Nielsen. 2011). I was therefore happy to see that the results of one of the comparatively tightly controlled study from the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute in Canada confirm my personal experience - even if the effect-size was not as pronounced as I would have expected. But let's take one thi...