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Late Night Sleep and Weight Gain: Sleeping early at night is considered good for health. If you sleep after 11 pm, it can have a bad effect on the body. According to health experts, sleeping late at night slows down metabolism, increases cortisol and hormones related to hunger become unbalanced. This makes it difficult to lose weight.

Sleeping early at night can help in weight loss.
Early Bedtime Crucial for Weight Loss: Most people go to the gym, sweat for hours and follow different types of diets to lose weight. Many times, even doing this does not result in weight loss. If you have also tried many methods of weight loss and are still not losing weight, then you should pay attention to your sleep. According to health experts, many people are not able to lose weight despite eating right and exercising because they stay awake till late night. If you stay awake till 11-12 o’clock at night, your weight loss efforts may go waste. Therefore, it is very important to take care of sleep.
Doctor Saraf told that it has a direct effect on metabolism. Normally between 11 pm and 3 am the body does the most important work of repair and recovery. This time is also important for metabolic balance. If you sleep late, the metabolic chaos phase can begin, in which sugar control weakens, hunger hormones become imbalanced and cravings increase the next day.
According to experts, sleeping late also affects the hormones ghrelin and leptin related to hunger and satiety. When their balance gets disturbed, the person feels more hungry. Especially the desire to eat sweets and carbohydrates increases. This increases the chances of overeating and makes losing weight even more difficult. Just counting calories is not enough, it is equally important to follow the internal clock of the body. If you do not do this, your health will be adversely affected.
According to the doctor, if a person stays awake for a long time after 11 pm, the detox disruption phase can begin. During this time, the body’s natural cleansing process slows down, digestion becomes sluggish and problems like bloating may increase. In such a situation, no matter how much detox diet or healthy drinks you take, staying awake till late night can reduce its benefits. Even a perfect diet cannot compensate for poor sleep. If you want to lose weight, go to sleep before 11 o’clock. Sleep is a silent accelerator that improves metabolism, controls cravings and makes the path to weight loss easier.
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