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In a new study, researchers at Uppsala University now demonstrate that one night of sleep loss has a tissue-specific impact on the regulation of gene expression and metabolism in humans. This may explain how shift work and chronic sleep loss impairs our metabolism and adversely affects our body composition. The study is published in the scientific journal  Science Advances . Epidemiological studies have shown that the risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes is elevated in those who suffer from chronic sleep loss or who carry out shift work. Other studies have shown an association between disrupted sleep and adverse weight gain, in which fat accumulation is increased at the same time as the muscle mass is reduced -- a combination that in and of itself has been associated with numerous adverse health consequences. Researchers from Uppsala and other groups have in earlier studies shown that metabolic functions that are regulated by e.g. skeletal muscle and adipose tissue are advers...

You Need to Make a Big Decision... For more click http://bit.ly/2XN6e9I I'm not sure if you've ever felt the same way, but I used to believe there was a  " secret trick "  to losing weight. One week, I would try some special "fat-burning" exercises, and then the next week, I'd try taking a weird new supplement. I constantly struggled, and I hated every minute of it. I felt like I was  trying so hard , and even worse, I thought my failure to shed pounds was due to my lack of mental determination. But then I made a decision... I decided that I was going to respect and heal my body. I was going to stop looking for the "secret" tip or trick, and I was going to find a  natural  way to lose weight and feel great. And - as it turns out - being slim and lean is part of our natural biology.  You simply need to activate your body's built-in mechanisms for burning fat.  When I discovered how to do this, I was hooked... .....

Sugar....the bad stuff.....we all know how bad sugar is or can be.  We all have tried to cut it out or cut it down.  Many studies have shown that sugar has been linked to diabetes, obesity and in some cases abnormal brain functions.  One of the worst things I've read is that it can addictive.  So that's why it's so hard to cut it down and even harder to cut it out. You'll crave it less with the less you eat it, but just like any addiction, if you just try to completely cut it off without going slow, you might even go through withdrawals.  Yes, believe it or not, you'll go through withdrawals.  The question is, what can you, me, anyone eat to satisfy that craving for sugar without damaging or setting back any efforts made to cut out or cut down? The best advice that I can give are a few alternative foods that I read about and that are naturally sweet, that could help with that situation. 1.  Coconut oil:  Even though it is full of saturated fat,...