 [ Symptoms ] i have wound on my toe and it is getting bigger can i use lemon and cover it with plaster i have type2 diabetes [ Disease ] what we know now is some great studies have been done within the last two years about the relationship between sleep and weight loss and weight gain there are two hormones in particular that have specific amount to do with appetite another thing we know about sleep deprivation is that your metabolism slows down well if you have a slow metabolism you are not burning fuel efficiently so it is going into fat storage and fat deposits and again causing more weight gain we also know with sleep deprivation we have increased levels of cortisol well that can be another problem which causes more appetite here is the most fascinating part about the research i think all those other things aside when you are sleep deprived if i was to lay out a healthy snack for you or a very non healthy sugary snack for you you would gun for the sugary food you would go for the less healthy food so your food choice is even affected by sleep deprivation how they are not 100 sure how but that craving that you are having seems to be more towards a comfort food which tends to be high carbohydrate high sugar high fat