Beer belly is actually caused by poor sleep

It seems that it is difficult for middle-aged men over 40 to avoid losing shape. Double chins and beer bellies have almost become the hallmarks of middle-aged men. What on earth makes middle-aged men out of shape? According to the latest research, sleep quality is a major cause.

According to the latest research report recently published by the University of Chicago in the Journal of the American Medical Association, as men grow older, they have less and less deep sleep in their sleep, which in turn affects the secretion of growth hormones and makes men lose shape. The less time you spend in deep sleep, the less hormones you need to promote growth.

Lack of growth hormone will increase fat tissue in the body and store it in the abdomen. It will also reduce muscle mass, strength and exercise load. The older you get, the greater the impact.

“If we increase the time we spend in deep sleep, the amount of growth hormone we secrete will increase.” Said Dr. Eve vancoater, a medical expert at the University of Chicago. “Perhaps we can delay aging by developing drugs to help people sleep deeply or by injecting certain hormones.” Scott pointed out that this will delay the emergence of beer belly, the great enemy of middle-aged men, for ten or even 20 years.

Dr. court and her research team, in 1985? During 1999, a series of studies were conducted on 149 healthy men aged 16-83. The results showed that once a man was over 45 years old, he almost lost the ability to sleep deeply; In addition, for men over 50, the sleep time will be reduced by 27 minutes every ten years.

For men under 25 years old, deep sleep accounts for about 20% of the total sleep time at night; 25? For 35 year old men, it dropped to 12%; Less than 5% of men over 35 years old are in deep sleep! During deep sleep, our blood pressure is low and our heart rate is slow, so deep sleep can also rest our cardiovascular system.

Dr. court suggested that men should start from 35? When I was 40 years old, I began to take some measures to improve my sleep, such as taking a hot bath before bed to increase my temperature and exercising for more than 20 minutes, three times a week? Four times, all of which help to increase the time of deep sleep. Since this study is aimed at men, it may not be applicable to women.