There are only so many hours in the day, and when work or school sucks up eight of them, it can be hard to squeeze in time for family, friends, exercise or binging Netflix. As a result, we often don’t get those eight hours of precious sleep during the week. But catching some extra z’s on the weekend can make up for it, right?
Wrong, say researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder. In a recent study, they found that catching up on sleep during the weekend doesn’t counteract the effects of insufficient sleep during the week. Risk factors like insulin sensitivity and weight gain persisted in sleep-restricted participants, even after a weekend of unlimited slumber. The findings, published today in the journal Current Biology, suggests that sleeping in on the weekends doesn’t counteract the metabolic damage done during the week.
Ah, Saturdays and Sundays. Time to turn off the ...
