The Shrinking Need For Sleep!

Good Evening Everyone!

      Do we actually need less sleep?  Well, it depends on how heavy you want to be.  In a report by CNN, sleep time was studied on how it affects genetic vs. environmental influences over weight gain.  The results were interesting:  those who get under 7 hours of sleep per night can attribute 70% of weight trouble to genetic reasons.... and those who get 9 or more hours of sleep per night can attribute only 32% of weight trouble to genetics. 
      There's some science to the explanation of that, but it's kinda boring.  So let's just skip to the take home message from this CNN report:

Take Home Message:  If you get 9+ hours of sleep per night, you will have more control over your body's ability to gain weight.  If you sleep less than 7 hours, then you are leaving your body's weight gain up to the genes from your ancestors. 

*I'm more of a control freak, so if it was up to me (which it's not right now with our new addition at home:), I would get the extra sleep so that I could have more control.    


Yours in Health,

Dr. Jeff




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