We all know that sleep is vital to health, but you know what? There is also a close link between sleeping time and diabetes risk. Today, let’s talk about how to reduce the risk of diabetes by adjusting sleep time.
Too little or too much sleep could affect our blood sugar levels. Research shows that people who sleep less than six hours a night are at higher risk of diabetes. Conversely, oversleep (more than nine hours) may be associated with increased risk of diabetes. This may be due to inappropriate sleep periods that affect the metabolic function of the body and hormones.
Sleep is not only about time, but also about quality. Deep sleep is a critical period for physical recovery and hormone regulation, including insulin, which affects blood sugar. Lack of deep sleep can lead to insulin resistance, making blood sugar control more difficult. As a result, sleep is much worse than sleep, and improving the quality of sleep is essential.
So, how do you adjust your sleep time to reduce the risk of diabetes? The following are brief and interesting suggestions:
(1) A regular sleep plan: like a work schedule, sets itself a fixed sleep schedule and insists on sleeping and getting up at the same time every day.
(2) Building a comfortable sleep environment: making the bedroom a safe haven. Keep the room cool, dark and quiet and invest in a comfortable mattress and pillow.
(3) Avoiding pre-sleep stimuli: Before bedtime, high-intensity physical activity or exposure to electronic screens should be avoided, as such stimuli may activate the nervous system, thereby preventing us from fast going to sleep.
(4) Motivation: Normal and moderate exercise helps to improve the quality of sleep, however, it is recommended that no high-intensity physical activity take place at least two hours before sleeping.
(5) Watch your diet: avoiding excessive consumption of alcohol and caffeine at night, which affects your sleep quality.
The relationship between sleeping hours and the risk of diabetes reminds us that sleep is much worse than sleep. Optimizing sleeping patterns and improving the quality of sleep help to reduce the incidence of diabetes. Remember that developing healthy sleep habits is one of the key factors in the prevention and control of diabetes. Tonight, let’s try to improve our sleep and score for our health.
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