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Source: fox19.com<\/p>\n

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According to research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, people who aren’t getting good sleep tend to eat too much sugar and other unhealthy foods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The study looked at nearly 500 women between the ages of 20 and 76 who self-reported their sleep and eating habits for a year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The study found over a third of the women had poor sleep or some level of insomnia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Those women reported eating an additional 500 to 800 calories per day on average, and they ate more than the recommended amounts of saturated fats, added sugars and caffeine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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They also fell below the recommended intake of whole grains and fiber.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The study suggests one reason for the connection between sleep and eating is that when we are sleep deprived, our hormones stimulate hunger.<\/p>\n

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Insomnia can also trigger the parts of your brain that make it harder for you to control cravings and rash decisions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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So be sure to make sleep a priority.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Turn your gadgets off at least 20 minutes before bedtime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Make sure your room is dark and cool.<\/p>\n

And don’t eat large amounts of food before bed, making your gut uncomfortable.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[171,2057],"class_list":["post-4734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-sleep","tag-unhealthy-food"],"yoast_head":"\nStudy: Lack of sleep can lead to more unhealthy food cravings - MyMedicPlus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/study-lack-of-sleep-can-lead-to-more-unhealthy-food-cravings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Study: Lack of sleep can lead to more unhealthy food cravings - 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