Written By: Tania Tarafdar | Updated: March 14, 2017, 10:20 AM
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You know that you need adequate sleep to lose weight. But you can also take a few extra steps to ensure that you burn more calories during sleep. Here's how.
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Drink more green tea: Green tea contains flavonoids which boost your metabolism, and if you are already drinking the third cup of green tea in the day, you will burn 3.5 calories overnight suggests a study published in the Journal of Nutrition [1]. Do not worry about the caffeine content in green tea; it won’t keep you up at night.
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Take a cold shower before bed: A cold shower before bed can help you burn as much as 400 calories while you are sleeping suggests a study published in the journal PLoS ONE [2].
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Workout at night: Head straight to the gym after work, and you will boost your metabolic rate, and you will eventually burn more calories while you sleep suggests a study published in the International Journal of Sports Nutrition [3].
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Change your protein shake: Trade your whey protein with casein in your post workout snack. Casein is a slow-release protein that gets digested over hours, keeping your metabolism up even in the night suggests a study published in the Journal of Sports Science & Medicine [4].
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Sleep in a cool room: A study published in the North American Journal of Medical Sciences suggests that sleeping in a cool room cuts 7 percent more calories, as your body burn fat to maintain its core temperature [5].
