Let's Go To Bed

Wow. Forget the gym, let's go to bed. Scientists at the Case Western Reserve University in Ohio have found that having a good night's sleep can keep you slim. If you sleep less than 5 hours a night you could end up putting on weight. When I first saw this, I thought it was all about the midnight munchies or something, but no, it seems that there may be a hormonal response.

This is not totally new; a study by the US National Institute of Mental Health in 2004 showed the same thing, indicating that a chemical, leptin, which basically tells you when you're full, is released when you're asleep.

By all rights I should be sylph-like.