Sleepy and Hungry: A Bad Combination?

A recent study done on 24 people at UC Berkeley has revealed that people who are sleep-deprived are more likely to select higher calorie foods to eat compared to people who are not sleep-deprived. Not enough sleep was associated with increased activity in the reward centers of the brain, particularly the area of the frontal lobes that deals with self-control. These findings are contrary to the belief that sleep deprivation has something to do with increasing levels of the hunger-stimulating hormone, ghrelin.

 

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http://www.spring.org.uk/2013/11/why-the-sleep-deprived-crave-junk-food-and-buy-higher-calorie-foods.php#utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PsychologyBlog+%28PsyBlog%29

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