Lower Metabolism, Changes In Eating Behavior Possible Explanations For The Cause Of Being Overweight With Narcolepsy

Are researchers asleep at the wheel?

Clearly.

"A lower metabolism, as well as slight changes in eating behavior, could explain the positive energy balance leading to being overweight with narcolepsy."

What is narcolepsy?

"Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that causes people to fall asleep uncontrollably during the day."

Narcoleptics sleep too much.

"There are more than 70 different sleep disorders that are generally classified into one of three categories:

• lack of sleep (e.g., insomnia),
  
• disturbed sleep (e.g., obstructive sleep apnea), and
  
• excessive sleep (e.g., narcolepsy)."

And what happens?

"According to the results, more narcoleptics than controls tended to be overweight."

How does this sync with other recent research?

Well, if you read the popular morons, it does not.

Here is a Newsweek article.

It is entitled "Not getting enough sleep can make you fat"

Here is a quote from the Newsweek article by expert Madelyn Fernstrom, Ph.D., CNS:

"Recent scientific studies show a strong relationship between sleep deprivation and weight gain, even though we don’t know exactly why this occurs."

So what is it?

Too much sleep, too little sleep or crap?

Crap.

It's all Calories in vs Calories out.

Nothing more, nothing less.