Sleep & Fat Loss: What's The Connection? – Ben Azadi: KKP 17

In this episode, we’ll talk all about sleep.

Here is an overview of this episode:

• The relationship between weight gain and sleep
• Why sleep ages you faster
• How to achieve optimal sleep starting tonight
• My favorite sleep hack
• Sleep supplements
• And much more!

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04:36 The negative consequences of sleep deprivation.

Sleep deprivation is such a chronic condition these days that you might not even realize you suffer from it. Science has now established that a sleep deficit can have serious effects on your health.   For example, interrupted or impaired sleep can:

• Dramatically weaken your immune system
• Accelerate tumor growth—tumors grow two to three times faster in laboratory animals with severe sleep dysfunctions
• Cause a pre-diabetic state, making you feel hungry even if you’ve already eaten, which can wreak havoc on your weight
• Seriously impair your memory; even a single night of poor sleep—meaning sleeping only 4 to 6 hours—can impact your ability to think clearly the next day
• Impair your performance on physical or mental tasks, and decrease your problem solving ability

06:12 Most fat burning takes place during stage 4 sleep. This is when your 5 fat burning hormones become activated; thyroid T3, IGF-1, Testosterone, Growth Hormone, Glucagon.

07:50 My favorite sleep hack, money time sleep window. This takes place generally between 10pm - 2am. I learned this from Shawn Steven (Sleep Smarter book: https://amzn.to/2Z1Urb6) Every hour of sleep within this window is equal to 2 hours of sleep outside of this window. 

09:40 Our brain does housekeeping during stage 4 sleep. This is when brain cells shrink and clean itself out. 

11:50 Wonky hormones are the cause of weight gain, and many diseases. Hormones are the language of the human body. We have over 600 hormones, and they want to communicate to your cells to burn fat and feel good. When we have imbalanced hormones, this doesn't happen. What has the biggest influence on your hormones? Sleep. 

13:03 Practical sleep tips to help you get better sleep starting tonight. Make the room cold are dark. Avoid nighttime stimulation and blue blight exposure. Drink banana tea. 

15:00 My favorite blue light blocking glasses. Here are the glasses I wear: https://amzn.to/2YAkA1h

15:15 How to make nature's Nyquil, banana tea. (make sure its an organic banana)

18:30 My favorite sleep supplements. Get my recommended supplements at http://www.ketokampsupplements.com

19:06 My favorite sleep tracker, the Oura ring: https://ouraring.com/

// R E S O U R C E S

Check out Shawn Stevenson's Model Health Show: https://themodelhealthshow.com/podcasts/

Episode 15 of The Keto Kamp Podcast w/ Devin Burke All About Sleep: https://apple.co/2SYGTYg

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