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- Medical Video: David Guetta - Dangerous (Lyric Video) ft Sam Martin
- Room lights and light from the gadget screen at night can make a fat body
- Why sleep with the lights on can make the body fat?
- Then, what should be done if my sleep schedule is messed up?
Medical Video: David Guetta - Dangerous (Lyric Video) ft Sam Martin
Many people do not want to have a fat body. No wonder all kinds of diets and sports are carried out to lose weight. But, do you know there is one unexpected thing that turns out you can make your body fat, besides being lazy to exercise and eat high-calorie foods? Try checking your room lights while sleeping; on or off? Yes, the habit of sleeping with the lights on all night turns out to be able to make the scales go up unnoticed. Why is that?
Room lights and light from the gadget screen at night can make a fat body
Do you like to turn on the lights when it's late at night? Or, even though you are sleeping, you are still in front of a laptop or gadget You. Be careful, the light from your gadget can be the cause of a fat body.
This is evidenced in a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. The research conducted by experts from Leiden University Medical Center involved as many as 113 thousand women who were at least 16 years old. In the study participants measured body weight, height, waist circumference, and hip circumference. Then they were also asked to fill out a questionnaire containing questions related to the lifestyle that had been carried out so far, including sleep habits.
Then at the end of the study it was found that a group of women who were accustomed to sleeping in the dark even days - not using lights at all - had smaller waist and pelvis compared to the group of women who slept with lights.
Why sleep with the lights on can make the body fat?
Experts believe that exposure to light at night has tricked your body into burning fat. This is related to the biological clock that the body has. The body's biological clock regulates all the schedules that the body has to do and is regulated by the hormone melatonin. The hormone melatonin, which is a sleepy trigger hormone that will decrease during the day and rise during the night.
But when you are exposed to light at night, the melatonin hormone is even produced in minimal quantities. This is because the body misunderstands to think that the time is still noon, so that it automatically controls the production of sleepy hormone makers to keep you fresh and alert.
On the other hand, melatonin also affects metabolism in the body. The more melatonin is produced, the faster the metabolism that occurs so that more fat is also burned when you fall asleep.
The longer you are exposed to light, the more difficult it will be to fall asleep. In the end, the sleep schedule is chaotic and you become deprived of sleep the next day. Sleep deprivation has been shown to make weight gain.
Then, what should be done if my sleep schedule is messed up?
Without you being aware of your sleep habits at night can be one of the reasons why you gain weight. Therefore, the researchers suggest that everyone should have a regular sleep schedule. If indeed your sleep schedule is a mess, you should reset your sleep habits, in the ways below:
- Plan a sleep schedule, by determining what time you have to sleep and be disciplined with that schedule. If it's time to sleep, you should immediately stop your work.
- Reduce exposure to light at night. as mentioned in previous research, you have to reduce light when you are going to sleep. Avoid playing cellphones before going to bed to reduce light exposure.
- Exercise regularly. Sounds unrelated indeed with a messy sleep schedule, but getting used to exercise every day helps prevent fat bodies and improves sleep schedule.
- Don't take a nap too long. Indeed, napping can increase your productivity while working. But if you have the opportunity to take a nap, don't do it too long, because it will disrupt your sleep cycle.
- Avoid consuming caffeine. If you have determined what time you will sleep, you should avoid consuming caffeine near your bedtime.
