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Lose weight without moving a muscle

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The more shut-eye you catch at night, the easier your fat cells can prevent weight gain. In a new study published in Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers at the University of Chicago directly linked sleep loss to a decline in the cells’ ability to react to the hormone insulin. In the study, seven people slept for 8. 5 hours four nights in a row. Four weeks later, researchers repeated the process, but shortened each night’s sleep to a mere 4. 5 hours. After less sleep, participants’ whole-body insulin sensitivity was down by an average of 16 percent. What that means: In the short term, a decrease of fat cells’ insulin sensitivity can lessen the production of the hormone leptin, which goes to the brain and could both make you hungrier and heavier, says study author Matthew Brady, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine at Chicago.

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