Too little sleep may trigger your fat gene

Do you always feel that you don’t get enough sleep, your body metabolism is getting worse, you don’t eat much for three meals but you are fatter than others? Studies have confirmed that people who sleep less than 4 hours a day have a 73% higher risk of obesity than normal people. Nutritionist Yu Zhuqing said that in addition to lack of sleep, congenital genes also account for half of the factors of obesity. If you want to avoid losing your body shape or accumulating too much fat in your body, it is recommended to understand your physical constitution through genetic testing and prevent the onset of congenital and acquired factors of obesity as early as possible.

Studies have found that adults who sleep less than 4 hours a day have a 73% higher risk of obesity than normal people. (Photography by Jiang Minjun)

Too little sleep can lead to 3 kg weight gain in a month! Be careful of the three highs

The Canadian Medical Journal once published a study that showed that if adults sleep less than four hours a day, it is easy to affect the immune system's ability to fight inflammation and toxins, induce obesity-related genes, and the chance of suffering from obesity is 73% higher than those who maintain a sleep time of 7 to 9 hours, and their body shape may be in danger of being out of shape and collapsing.

People who sleep less have a higher BMI. If you sleep less than 7 hours, the influence of genes on BMI is as high as 70%. Short sleep time will make obesity-related genes more likely to take effect, causing the body to continue to expand. After studying the data, the researchers found that sleeping less than 6 hours a day will lead to changes in the activity of more than 700 genes in the body.

Nutritionist Yu Zhuqing said that the human body naturally secretes leptin when it is in deep sleep. Leptin is a type of endocrine that can reduce hunger and reduce the risk of obesity due to overeating. However, if there is a lack of sleep, leptin secretion decreases, the stomach is prone to hunger, which in turn increases appetite and leads to obesity. It can be seen from this that insufficient sleep or poor sleep not only triggers obesity genes, but also causes endocrine imbalance and leads to obesity. According to survey data, people who do not get enough sleep at night will eat at least 550 calories more during the day (equivalent to a large hamburger) than those who sleep for 8 hours, and may gain 3 kilograms in a month.

Nutritionist Yu Zhuqing said that obesity itself is not scary, what is scary are the complications behind it. The most direct impact is poor spirits and emotional instability the next day. In the long run, it will increase the risk of metabolic syndrome, three highs and cardiovascular diseases. This is evident from the statistics of the top ten causes of death in China released by the National Health Administration. More than one-third of the deaths are more or less related to metabolic syndrome and obesity.

Genes account for half of the factors causing obesity. Currently, genetic testing of the oral mucosa can also help identify obesity factors and prevent their onset early. (Photography by Jiang Minjun)

Fat genes or thin genes, it varies from person to person. Genetic testing is more effective in fighting obesity

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition mentioned that the ESR1 and PPARG genes are related to morbid obesity. If only one site in the human body carries a mutation, the risk of morbid obesity increases by about 30% to 40%; if two sites carry mutations, the risk increases by two times; if all three sites carry mutations, the risk is more than five times.

It is worth noting that not only fat that is visible is fat. The typical obese people mostly have an overfat physique, but there is another type of skinny fat people, who are not fat on the outside or even too thin, but have alarmingly high visceral fat. Both are considered to have an obese physique.

The obesity rate among modern people is high, and various weight loss methods are popular, but what is the most suitable way to prevent and resist obesity? Nutritionist Yu Zhuqing said that innate genes and acquired habits each account for half of the factors of obesity. The best way to stay away from obesity is to adopt a low-oil, low-sugar, low-fat, and low-salt diet, exercise more, and have a regular schedule. It is also recommended to use genetic testing to find out your own unique weight loss code, so that you can know early on whether you have obesity caused by high body fat, excessive visceral fat, or too slow metabolism. In addition, with the auxiliary personalized "gene health management strategy" specially formulated nutritional supplements and a dedicated weight loss plan, you can prevent the onset of obesity genes early, free your body from the entanglement of excess fat, and be healthier and lighter.

50% of being fat or thin is determined by genes, and the results can be known in one week

Nutritionist Yu Zhuqing said that there are many ways to conduct genetic testing. Currently, there is a non-invasive method that does not require blood drawing. It only requires scraping the oral mucosa with a cotton swab to collect tissue for genetic sequence comparison, and the test results can be known in about one week.

Currently, some companies have launched Asia-exclusive gene testing chips based on single-chip gene testing technology, and have screened out the twelve groups of genes that are most related to obesity in Asians. They provide more than one hundred different personalized "genetic health management strategies" and nutritional supplements to assist with the twelve different obesity gene variants. In addition to obesity genes, you can also use testing to find out whether you have genes for the three high diseases, mental illnesses, or insomnia, so that you can respond early and prevent the disease.