Too little sleep ensures that you lose fat half as quickly. This is according to research from the University of Chicago's General Clinical Resource Center.
At first glance that seems contrary :if you don't sleep you are more active and you burn more energy. This turns out not to be the case † Less sleep increases the loss of muscle mass , which is very unfavorable.
Hungry?
The researchers also looked at the so-called 'hunger hormones' , which increased after sleep deprivation. Yet the subjects who got enough sleep (8.5 hours) ate the same amount as those who had to sleep too little (5.5 hours).
