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Get Your Beauty Rest

A growing body of science is implicating sleep deprivation as a key, “non-food” environmental factor in the current obesity epidemic.  The less we sleep, the more we eat and the more visceral fat( the deadly type) we accumulate.  In a new study conducted with 12 healthy young men, French researchers found that when study subjects [...]

More Reasons to Get Your Beauty Rest

The fundamental requirement of adequate sleep duration and sleep quality for maintaining good health continues to be highlighted in a steady stream of compelling new science. It is well-established that chronic sleep loss is strongly associated with obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, mood disorders, and substance abuse – and a novel report from the [...]

Get Your Beauty Rest

There were several new studies from the past few weeks supporting the importance of sleep for both general health and body weight.  According to a study in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (December, 2007), adults with chronic health problems like heart disease and diabetes that reported less than 7 hours of sleep [...]