Endocrinologist Maria Kaloshina: silence and darkness are needed for a quality night's sleep.
Endocrinologist Kaloshina called the habit of falling asleep with the TV on or leaving the light source on at night extremely harmful. The doctor stated that sleeping with the light on or the TV on threatens weight gain.
“Sleeping with the light on or the TV on threatens obesity or chronic stress,” she noted in a commentary for NEWS.ru.
Maria Kaloshina warned that the brain of a sleeping person reacts in a specific way to night noises and light, which should not be there at this time of day. At the same time, the production of melatonin, an antioxidant, also known as the “sleep hormone,” is disrupted. The specialist stated that if the normal production of melatonin is disrupted, a person is deprived of the opportunity to get a good night's sleep, which negatively affects the production of hormones. The resulting hormonal imbalance leads to chronic stress, excessive appetite, overeating and fat accumulation.
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Maria Kaloshina Health endocrinologist