How to increase your weight during sleep on weekends? … skinny

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Saturday, March 02, 2019

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sleeping longer on weekends will not help restore the body, and people who sleep less than five hours a day from Monday to Friday, then sleep less on Saturdays and Sundays, have gained weight and are less sensitive to insulin 27%, according to a study published in the current journal Biology.

"Our findings suggest that sleeping longer during the weekend is not an effective health strategy," said Kenneth Wright, who runs the Sleep Center at the University of Colorado.

The researchers observed three groups, one sleeping nine hours a night, a second group sleeping no more than five hours a night, and a third not sleeping more than five hours a night.

On average, the weekend group finally got 66 minutes of extra sleep. However, they ate more nights of the week, resulting in weight gain.

"In the end, we found no metabolic benefit in people who slept the weekend," said Chris Debner, a researcher at the University of Colorado and author of the study.

The weekend group also found a decrease in sugar processing capacity, one of the keys to developing type 2 diabetes.

"This study shows how important it is to get enough sleep," said Michael Tuiry, director of the National Sleep Disorders Research Center at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. "Frequent sleep schedules are a form of stress associated with metabolic disorders."