And why should sleep change the way you lose weight - instead of from the fat, to put it - take it from the muscle?ĭr. LACEY: That's as you so aptly put, that's really not what you're going for.įLATOW: Mm-hmm. So, very interesting.įLATOW: And the fact that you're losing the weight from your muscles is alarming, I would think.ĭr. So what was interesting about this is it shows - even in people who are slightly overweight - that in a very short timeframe, you already start to see changes in the way the body operates and metabolizes calories and things. LACEY: Well, actually, tantalizing, I think, is a better word, because we, in sleep medicine, for years - and this has been getting a lot more press in the last several years - we've recognized that people with chronic sleep deprivation have significant changes in their metabolism and the way their bodies behave and have a far greater problem with managing appropriate weight or losing weight, and in most cases, tend to be overweight if they are chronically sleep-deprived. MICHAEL LACEY (Neurologist Director, The Atlanta Sleep Medicine Clinic, The Atlanta School of Sleep Medicine and Technology): Good afternoon, Ira.ĭr. He is the medical director of The Atlanta Sleep Medicine Clinic at The Atlanta School of Sleep Medicine and Technology.ĭr. He's a neurologist and board-certified in sleep medicine. The weight - they lost muscle instead of fat, and that's not what you want to do if you're trying to lose weight.Īnd this small study is one part of an intriguing puzzle that researchers are piecing together on how sleep affects your weight, and ultimately, your health.Īnd joining me now to talk about it is Dr. Everyone lost weight, but those with restricted sleep tended to lose their weight from their muscle. But the one difference, the only difference in this test was how much they were allowed to sleep. ![]() If you're trying to lose weight, you might want to start paying attention to how much you sleep because a new report this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine looks at weight loss and dieters who get different amounts of sleep.Īnd the study followed only 10 overweight people, who were all on a calorie-restricted diet. Up next this hour: weight loss and sleep.
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