Losing sleep may make you fat — or at least, fatter than you would otherwise be. In a study by Harvard researchers involving 68,000 middle-aged women followed for 16 years, those who slept five hours or less each night were found to weigh 5.4 pounds more — and were 15 percent more likely to become obese — than the women who slept seven hours nightly.
Between 1960 and 2010, the average night’s sleep for adults in the United States dropped to six and a half hours from more than eight. Some experts predict a continuing decline, thanks to distractions like e-mail, text messaging and online shopping. Habits that ruin sleep include less physical activity, less time spent outdoors, and poor attention to diet. Start each day with a great breakfast and get some exercise. Try greek yogurt and berries with the Flax Seed and Chia Seeds blend in FitFlax, A good night’s sleep is much more than a luxury. Its benefits include improvements in concentration, short-term memory, productivity, mood, sensitivity to pain and immune function. FlaxVibrance with Flax Hull Lignans and Milled Chia Seeds is a super immune booster and a great source of antioxidants.
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