MEDICAL SOURCES & FURTHER READING

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RESEARCH & REFERENCES
  1. Brief communication: Sleep curtailment in healthy young men is associated with decreased leptin levels, elevated ghrelin levels, and increased hunger and appetite

    Spiegel K, Tasali E, Penev P, Van Cauter E. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2004.

    Research published in Annals of Internal Medicine reported increased hunger and appetite with changes in leptin and ghrelin after short-term sleep restriction. The study involved 12 healthy young men; it does not establish the same response in all patients or a specific food-noise treatment effect.

Evidence limits: Sleep and stress evidence does not establish universal hormone changes, a precise response within days, or that a particular walk, breathing session or caffeine cutoff treats food noise.

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