Sleeping in the Dark Room Help Lose Weight

Known enough sleep can help you lose weight. But in order to optimize weight loss, a person should sleep in dark or no light environments.

Some people have used to sleeping with bright lights, but there is also a need to sleep in a dark or no light at all.

If someone wants to lose weight, you should choose to sleep without the use of lights.

A dark sleeping environment is one key to getting quality sleep so soundly hormone balance and help maintain weight loss, as quoted from Live strong, Friday (25/05/2012).

Some experts recommend for use with low wattage lamps at night. If possible, use drapes to reduce the rising of the street lights or external light source.

The use of lights during sleep may contribute to decreased sleep quality. Some things are known to affect sleep quality as the environment, including noise exposure, food consumed prior to sleep, exercise, physical activity and the condition of the bed.

Get enough sleep are considered important because lack of sleep is known to trigger the production of gherkin hormone that stimulates appetite.

This can cause the body to consume up to 300 calories more a day than when the body is getting enough sleep.

In addition to reducing the use of lights, some other things you can do to help you lose weight while sleeping, that is to stretch (stretch).

Stretching here is included in the basic yoga routine that allows the muscles to relax so helping people get to sleep soundly.

But if you feel hungry in the evening, it is advisable to chew a healthy low calorie snacks.

The recommended one is the combination of protein and complex carbohydrates such as whole-grain cereal with a bowl of low fat milk or fruit and cheese.

Diet for pregnant women

Diet in pregnancy is safe for women and not takes risks for the baby, a review of research has suggested.

Analysis of the British Medical Journal to see the findings of 44 previous studies involving more than 7,000 women.

Team based in London said following a healthy diet - and not eating for two - to prevent excess weight gain and reduce the risk of complications.

However, current guidelines do not advocate dieting or weight monitoring.

Advice from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), which was published in 2010, said: "Dieting during pregnancy is not recommended because it can endanger the health of the unborn child."

But women are advised to aim to achieve a healthy weight before pregnancy.

'Weight' Babies are not affected '

Half of the UK population is overweight or obese and the percentage is increasing.

And in Europe and the United States, between 20% and 40% of women earn more than the recommended weight during pregnancy.

High weight associated with complications such as preeclampsia, diabetes and high blood pressure and early delivery.
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Study, funded by the National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR), compared diet, exercise or a combination of both.

Dietary advice based on limiting the intake of calories, have a balanced diet and eat foods such as grains, fruits, vegetables and pulses.

The researchers then examined how many women who gained weight during their pregnancy and if there are complications.

While each approach reduced female body weight, diet has the greatest effect with an average reduction of nearly 4kg (8.8 pounds).

With exercise, the decline in average weight gain is only 0.7kg (1.5 pounds). Combination of diet and exercise causes a decrease in the average 1 kg (2.2 pounds).

Women follow a calorie controlled diet were significantly more likely to develop any complications to be considered, but researchers said the findings need to be repeated in larger studies.

Birth weight babies were unaffected by diet.
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Dr Shakily Thangaratinam, a consultant obstetrician at Queen Mary, University of London who led the study, said: "We are seeing more and more women are gaining excess weight during pregnancy and we know these women and their babies are at increased risk of complications.

"Weight control is difficult, but this study suggests that carefully counsel women on weight management methods, especially diet, we can lose weight during pregnancy.

"It also shows that following a controlled diet has the potential to reduce the risk of pregnancy complications."

He added: "Women may worry that the diet during pregnancy can negatively affect their babies convincing study because it shows that diet is safe and that the baby's weight is not affected  ..."

But in a commentary in the journal, women's health experts from St. Thomas Hospital in London - including Lucilla Poston who helped develop the NICE guidelines, said it would be "premature" for the current guidance, which recommends only women were weighed at their first pregnancy check up, for changed.

Dr Janine Stockdale, researchers at the Royal College of Midwives, said: "We must be careful to note that the researchers do not advise women to lose weight during pregnancy, it is about managing excessive weight gain or weight gain.

"If a woman is on target to get the right amount of weight during her pregnancy, then 'diet' and 'calorie-controlled diet' as we commonly understand these terms, not for him.

"We need to convince women under the care of a midwife or other health professional, safe weight management."