If you think lack of sleep only gets you uncontrollable yawns and bags under your eyes, take note, it may be more costly to your health than you think!
A study done by Sleep Heart Health has found more evidence of increased diabetic conditions related to lack of sleep. But it doesn’t stop there; it also shows evidence of the same conditions with too much sleep.
These findings come from a study where 722 men and 764 women, aged 53 to 93 years enrolled in the study. Working with a controlled sleep time of 7 – 8 hours a night and ruling out other potential issues such as sleep apnea, insomnia, obesity, sex, age and race. The study shows a strong link between Type 2 Diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance and amount of sleep.
• In those who slept 5 hours or less a night, Diabetes was 2.5 times more common.
• In those who slept 6 hours a night, Diabetes was 66% more common.
• In those who slept 9 or more hours a night, Diabetes was 79% more common.
Over the past 30 years or so the usual sleep per night has declined for adults aged 40 to 79 years of age. Near the end of the 50’s, 8 hours a night was the norm with less than 15% reported sleeping less than 7 hours a night. Once we turned the new millennium, the usual sleep times dropped to 7 hours a night and approximately 35% of targeted adults reported sleeping less than 7 hours a night.
Although Insomnia plays some part in this equation, probably brought on by other sleep influences like kids awake at night or tossing and turning on the old mattress. It’s amazing to see that the majority of sleep deprivation is voluntary. With 43% of adults polled saying they spend more time than they should to stay up either watching television or using the Internet, the other whopper being 45% reporting staying up later or getting up earlier to get more work done.
When most people see these numbers and results they think that you would have to do this over a lifetime to have these adverse affects. But the study also shows results of impaired glucose tolerance in healthy young adults when sleep was restricted to 4 hours a night for 6 straight nights, 6 nights, that certainly isn’t a lifetime! Keep in mind that Diabetes carries a high risk of cardiovascular-related problems which can severely shorten your lifespan.
“This is one additional piece of information bolstering the common recommendation for sleeping 7 to 8 hours a night,” says, Boston University’s Dr. Daniel Gottlieb, study co-author.
I can deal with the bags under the eyes and the fly catching yawns but life’s blowing by as it is and I certainly want to be around when my 6 and 8 year old kids graduate, at least. I realize that you can’t always get the right amount of sleep but I know I can always try!
Neil Teasdale
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/poor-sleep-habits-may-cause-diabetes-98533.html
Do I have Diabetes?
This question has been bothering me for a long time now, and I’m starting to get worried. I’ve been wondering if I have diabetes.
I’m 15 years old, not fat at all, play basketball everyday for 1hr-2hrs and drink around 1-3 sugary drinks a day.
Here is my status:
• I’ve drinken like 3 Snapples today, 1 sprite
• I’ve urinated a lot (Only today though)
• I’ve been tired (I only got 6 hours of sleep last night)
• I’ve been hungry (I only ate a burrito and ravioli so far)
So, these symptoms are the symptoms of Diabetes, however, there are some factors that could be causing it other than diabetes. It does run in my family, however, I only have two grandparents that have it and no one else has it.
Could this be diabetes? Or is it just the poor eating and sleeping habits that’s causing this.
You can only really have symptoms of diabetes if they are continuious and daily symptoms. Wait another 1-2 weeks before you start thinking you are diabetic.
It runs in my whole family, and even with my poor diet, I’m still diabetes free!
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3 grandparents, 3 aunts, and Father have diabetes =(
Sounds like it’s just poor eating and sleeping habits to me. I would try to eat a little better for a few days, drink more water, and get some rest. If you don’t feel any better after a few days, make an appointment with your doctor.
Hope this helps.
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Several members of my family have Diabetes.
It sounds like poor diet and lack of sleep more than anything else.If the symptoms persist then consult your doctor without delay.
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I don’t care what the "experts" say. EATING TOO MUCH SUGAR DOESN’T CAISE DIABETES!!!!
I am a diabetic, 6 years running. I never ate tons of sugar, rarely had regular pop, and wasn’t fat. I didn’t get it genetically, though my fater is a type 2 diabetic, and my Grandfather was also. I was just the unlucky one.
The most common signs of diabetis are-
poor bladder control (such as wetting the bed)
dark rings under the eyes
increased thirst (always have a dry feeling in throat?)
Increase of going to the bathroom at night
From the information you have stated here, i’d say its your sleeping and eating habits causing whatever symptoms you have.
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Oh, just my knowledge of my own disease.