Not getting enough high-quality sleep

The importance of sleep for health cannot be overstated. A number of diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, and depression, may raise your risk of developing if you get less sleep than you need.

According to a number of studies, getting insufficient sleep may also slow your metabolism and make you more likely to gain weight. According to one study, healthy adults who slept for 4 hours every night for 5 nights saw an average 2.6% decrease in their resting metabolic rate. After a 12-hour period of uninterrupted sleep, their heart rate returned to normal. By choosing to sleep during the day rather than at night, sleep deprivation is exacerbated. The circadian rhythms, or internal clock of your body, are disturbed by this sleeping pattern. According to a five-week study, circadian rhythm disruption and chronic sleep restriction reduced resting metabolic rate by an average of 8%.