The Sleep Diet

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Macmillan, Aug 1, 2012 - Health & Fitness - 300 pages

We are now sleeping far less than ever before and carrying more weight than at any other time in human history. Is there a connection?

In this groundbreaking book, Australian sleep expert Dr Carmel Harrington demonstrates the critical link between sleeplessness and obesity. Drawing from the latest sleep and nutrition research, Dr Harrington reveals the science behind what happens to our bodies when we don't get enough sleep, and how this critically affects our appetite-controlling hormones, our metabolism and how we think and feel. She explains why proper sleep is the missing link in the ongoing and often agonising attempts to lose weight.

Dr Harrington shows how to develop habits that deliver high-quality, restorative sleep. She provides a plan for healthy eating and a guide to making sure our improved eating and sleeping habits lead to lasting weight loss.

Accessible and authoritative, The Sleep Diet is both a scientifically proven approach and a practical guide to losing weight and improving overall health and wellbeing.

 

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Contents

Cover
The vital functions of sleep
Sleep metabolism and our appetite hormones
A special case sleep and diabetes
How sleep affects our behaviour
What is sleep and what does healthy sleep look like?
I Understand The Importance Of Sleep What Now?
Sleeprelated breathing disorders
The connection between eating sleeping and weight
Your personal sleep program
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Copyright

Other editions - View all

The Sleep Diet
Carmel Harrington
Limited preview - 2012
The Sleep Diet: Why Sleeping Well Is the Missing Link to Permanent Weight Loss
Carmel Harrington
No preview available - 2012

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About the author (2012)

Dr Carmel Harrington is an Australian Sleep Medicine research scientist and in recent years has been extensively involved in examining the effects of sleep on metabolic function. She is now convinced that quality, sound sleep is absolutely essential for successful weight loss. She believes that if we are ever going to reverse the growing obesity epidemic both the community and health authorities need to wake up now to the importance of sleep.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Sleep Diet
AuthorCarmel Harrington
PublisherMacmillan, 2012
ISBN1466828595, 9781466828599
Length300 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Health & Fitness / Diet & Nutrition / Diets
Health & Fitness / Exercise / General
Health & Fitness / General
  
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