- Diabetes is a condition that impairs the body’s ability to control blood sugar levels.
- Blood glucose levels become too high because the body stops producing or responding to insulin, the hormone that regulates blood glucose (sugar).
- Research has linked poor sleep quality with increased blood glucose levels.
- Now, a new study has found that some deep sleep brain waves are associated with the regulation of blood glucose levels.
- The researchers suggest that increasing specific deep-sleep brain waves may help reduce type 2 diabetes risk.
Diabetes cases are on the rise worldwide, with this condition affecting
Also concerningly, in 2019, 96 million Americans aged 18 and older had prediabetes, where blood glucose (sugar) levels are higher than normal, but not elevated enough to be diabetes.
Prediabetes, which increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, often has no symptoms so it can go undetected for a long time.
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- losing 5–7% of body weight if a person has overweight, and keep the weight off
- getting at least 30 minutes of physical activity 5 times a week
- eating smaller portions, and trying to eat healthy foods most of the time.
Now, a study has suggested that the quality of sleep is a better predictor of blood glucose levels than the quantity of sleep, and has proposed a mechanism by which deep sleep is related to lower blood glucose levels.
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