Getting too much sleep? That could be a bad thing.

Our healthy living depends much on the amount of time we sleep. So are you one of those people who likes to get by on very little sleep? Or do you love to sleep the day away? It is known that too little sleep can mess up your weigh-loss efforts, but did you also know that when you sleep too much, your metabolism can also be negatively affected as well?

If you sleep more than 10 hours a night, you might face some of the same hormonal risks as those who sleep too little. A recent Canadian study found that people who sleep fewer than seven hours or more than nine hours weigh an average of four more pounds than people who sleep eight hours every night. Researchers believe that having too much or too little sleep breaks up up your ability to control your appetite, because it simultaneously increases hunger hormone ghrelin while it decreases satisfaction hormone leptin.

You should shoot for a consistent eight hours of sleep and stick with the same bed time and wake-up time each day — even on the weekends! This will help your diet, and so take these health facts to heart, and in turn, your heart will thank you!