New "medical breakthrough" linking obesity to sleep deprivation has just given the hams in my office new excuses So on the BBC last night was quite an interesting documentary on the reasearch linking diabetes and sleep deprivation, it went into quite some detal about how glucose levels rise when we sleep less and found that the bacteria in our gut work harder and are able to take more nutrience out of our food the less we sleep. The doctors were saying it goes back to when we were in jungles spending most of our time trying to find food and was very usefull to get the most out of what little we were eating, however it's not so useful any more when someone can get a burger just up the road whenever they want. Fast forward to this morning and one of the hams in my office turns around and says to everyone "did you see that program last night about sleep? turns out obesity is caused from not sleeping enough"  another ham replied "really?!?!"   He goes "yeah it's been tested and proven, it's a medical fact and is the reason so many people are obese now days, it's because we live in cities and can't get to sleep" I literally could not listen to another second so said "hold on, hold on, that's not what they said. The documentary said you absorb more nutrience from your food if you sleep less, you still have to eat that food in the first place. The main reason people are obese is because they eat too much, you can't absorb more nutrience from food if you don't eat the food in the first place" The guy then changed his story a little bit, agreed with me and said "yeah but sleep is a factor" Honestly it pissed me off so much, how many fucking hams now think they are fat purely because they don't sleep enough? I stopped any delusion in my office but i'm the minority, why is it fats have such selective hearing if it helps feed their delusions? sleep deprivation is going to be the new PCOS/ Thyroid/ Genetic excuse.