A new research has demonstrated that those men who get adequate sleep have more chance of lowering the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.\n<\/p>\n
The study conducted by the researchers of Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) has tied sleep to the body’s use of insulin.\n<\/p>\n
The findings prove that enough sleep can improve the body’s use of insulin, a hormone that regulates blood sugar level.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cInsulin sensitivity, the body’s ability to clear glucose (blood sugar) from the bloodstream, significantly improved after three nights of \u00cb\u0153catch-up sleep\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 on the weekend in men with long-term, weekday sleep restrictions,\u201d the lead researcher Peter Liu presented at the Endocrine Society’s 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.\n<\/p>\n
He clarifies that in those people with Type 2 diabetes the body is not able to take the produced insulin or even becomes “resistant” to insulin.\n<\/p>\n
Sleep extension of some hours in those ones who have sleep restriction can retain the body’s sensitivity to insulin and consequently reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, Liu suggests.\n<\/p>\n
The study participants were provided with the same food intake during the research so that diet would not influence the results, Liu noted.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cWhen the men slept 10 hours a night on each of three nights of catch-up sleep, their insulin sensitivity was much better than when they had persistent sleep restriction,\u201d the researchers reported in their result.\n<\/p>\n
“The good news is that by extending the hours they sleep, adult men who over a long period of time do not get enough sleep during the working week can still improve their insulin sensitivity,” Liu and colleagues concluded.\n<\/p>\n
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