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Does sleeping late make one gain weight?

Health & Science

By BOB OTIENO

There has been a buzz lately about the effects of sleeping late and weight loss.

A couple of researches showed that people who sleep late tend to have trouble losing that extra weight, and may even gain weight over time.

But like every study and every story about weight gain, it’s important to look at the details and think carefully about the cause and effect. Sleeping late has absolutely no effect on one’s weight gain or loss. However, when you sleep late, you stay up late, and then you snack late at night.

When you eat late at night, you are more likely to gain weight and it’ll be harder for you to lose that extra weight. It turns out that the real culprits to weight gain in people who sleep late are those late night snacks. People can lose weight more easily and tend to gain less weight if they eat at a reasonable dinnertime, and then do not snack in the evenings. For a society that is used to watching TV after dinner, and having a snack or a dessert while at it, that present a problem.

Healthy Habits

Sleeping late will make one gain weight, but the sleeping habits may tell the story of one’s eating habits. Those with unhealthy eating habits would likely gain weight.

Eating snacks late at night is one way to gain weight, and it’s hard to avoid eating snacks at night when you don’t wake up until late in the morning.

What are healthy eating habits that will not cause you to gain weight? And will eating on a “healthy” schedule help you  lose weight? If the studies are correct, you may find that eating on a relatively normal schedule will help you avoid extra weight gain. And if you’ve been eating in an unhealthy way and you switch to eating more healthily, you’ll probably lose some weight. Those normal times are breakfast around 9am, lunch at 1pm, and dinner at 7pm. By 8:30pm, you should be done eating for the day.

But it’s not just about when you eat and when you sleep. You’ve got to have enough sleeping hours to stay healthy. You’ve also got to eat a healthy diet if you want to keep your body healthy.

 

 

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