Monday, June 15, 2009

Sleep More...

"Get seven to eight hours of sleep. Not getting enough sleep is associated with hormonal changes such as decreased leptin levels and increased ghrelin, which may increase appetite. Women who sleep five hours or less are 32 percent more likely to gain weight than those who get seven to eight hours of nightly z's.

~ quoted from the Flexitarian Diet by Dawn Jackson Blatner, p. 47

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