sleep
Get More Sleep to Lose Weight
Lack of sleep may be keeping weight on you! New research suggests that people who don’t get enough sleep tend to weigh more. Researchers found that too little sleep triggers a hormone that causes cravings and decreases a hormone that tells you to stop eating. So be sure to get your zzzz’s.
Napping Patterns May Indicate Heart Risk
A recent study at the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute looked at 8,000 women, age 69 and older. The study found that those who took the most naps were at the greater risk for dying of heart disease. Those who napped three hours per week or less saw no increase in their likelihood of heart disease.
A Late Bedtime May Be Bad for Your Heart
While experts have long known that lack of sleep can increase risk of heart disease, they're now theorizing that a late bedtime can do the same. A Japanese study of 251 men, found that those who went to bed after midnight had harder arteries.
Too Much News Can Be Bad for Your Heart
Of course you want to be up to date on current events, but obsessively watching news about the stock market and unemployment numbers can result in a greater production of stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline, which can increase your risk of heart disease.
Eat Cherries for Your Heart
In earlier animal studies, cherries were found to lower total cholesterol and triglycerides and to promote weight loss. Now a new study at the University of Texas Health Science Center shows they are high in melatonin, a natural sleep aid, which is important because inadequate sleep has been tied to an increased risk of heart disease.
Sleep Is Good for Your Heart
An extra hour of sleep may reduce your risk of calcium deposits in the arteries by 33 percent, found a recent study published in the Journal of American Medical Association. Five hundred middle-aged adults were followed for five years. Those who slept longer had healthier hearts.
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