Sleep and hunger: the flat belly connection

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Tweet Think sleepless nights only affect your mental focus?  Think again. Lack of sleep has been correlated with weight gain, and for a few very real reasons. First, it’s important to understand the body’s appetite control system.  When you are running on empty and you need to fuel up, a hormone called grehlin is secreted [...]

Rockin’ the Zzz’s: Radical Ways to Get High Quality Sleep

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Tweet It’s no question that getting a good night’s sleep can completely refresh your mind and body.  Sleep is when your body’s sympathetic nervous system shuts down and your parasympathetic – rest and repair – nervous system takes over, repairing and rebuilding your body and mind.  Sleep is also essential for healthy hormonal balance.  Without [...]