This Is How Much Sleep You Should Get to Avoid a Beer Belly

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Sleeping enough is just good for your overall health, and now studies also show you sleep could be causing your beer belly.

Published in the journal Sleep Medicine, there's a link between sleep deprivation and visceral fat ( dangerous belly fat that builds up around the vial organs and has been tied to metabolic disease and insulin resistance.

To help with this, the goal should be to get seven to eight hours of sleep a night.

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