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Home | Podcast Episodes | Episode 056: The Seven Causes of Cravings #7

May 22, 2022 Leave a Comment

The seven causes of cravings #7

Cravings can be a sign that your body is out of balance.  When you are struggling with cravings for sugar, carbs, salty, crunchy foods you may want to think about poor sleep.

Poor sleep habits

In the world of technology, you can easily get lost scrolling for hours derailing sleep.  Although technology isn’t the only thing to blame, let’s dig into how many hours is adequate.

Adequate rest

All healthy adults should sleeping seven to nine hours a night.  We have ninety minute sleep cycles.  We should get at least 5 sleep cycles per night.

Sleep and food choices

In the Journal of Appetite 2018 found that a lack of a good nights rest increased your desire for high fat sweet foods.  It also changed the behavior towards more sweet and savory foods.

A study published in the Journal of Nutrients 2019 found an interesting finding.  They decreased sleep by 33% in normal weight women who already slept seven to nine hours a night.  The sleep deprived group had increased hunger, tiredness, increased portion sizes and increase in their food reward.

If you struggle with sugar, carbs, crunchy salty foods and sleep you may want to work on your sleep hygiene.

If you’re struggling with cravings…

Are you struggling with cravings?  Consider working with a functional nutrition professional to get to the root cause and leave no stone unturned.

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Your future health awaits…

Play-by-Play:
1:00 What is a normal sleep cycle
2:00 Current studies on the connection of cravings and sleep
4:00 Importance of getting adequate sleep

Listen, Learn, Enjoy…

Episode 056: The Seven Causes of Cravings #7Dawn Boxell
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References & Links:

  1. How much sleep do we truly need
  2. Sleep, food cravings and taste
  3. Associations of sleep with food cravings, diet and obesity in adolescents
  4. Increased hunger, food cravings, food reward, and portion size selection after sleep curtailment in women without obesity

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I am a devoted wife to a wonderful husband, Kirt, for over 25 years. A mother of four beautiful daughters, a lover of life and health care crusader who feels extremely blessed to do the things I love - nutrition and human psychology - for a living on a daily basis.

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