Fluctuating Sleep Patterns Linked to High Diabetes Risk: Insights

We all know that good sleep is essential for our health, but what probably most of us may not know is that, having difficulty falling  asleep may raise your risks for diabetes. Well, new research now reveals that people who frequently change the length of their sleep are at an extremely high risk of developing diabetes.

The researchers’ findings revealed that this increased the risk by 15 percent for people whose sleep duration has changed by about 31 to 45 minutes, and as high as 59 percent in case of people who had their sleep time changed by more than an hour. This study tracked more than 84,000 participants through the UK Biobank, where accelerometer trackers measured sleep patterns for seven nights in a row.

This research also concluded that both oversleeping and lack of sleep increased the risk for diabetes. Oversleepers increased their risk by up to 34 percent. This research confirms earlier studies that associate lack of sleep with higher risks for diabetes, therefore justifying earlier claims that lack of sleep is a weakening of the immune system and that it results in higher susceptibility to other diseases like hypertension, obesity, depression, and cardiovascular diseases.

If you are experiencing sleep disorders, then you really have to be very careful. Improve the quality of your sleep by maintaining a regular bedtime, avoiding screens before going to bed, and making your sleep setting very comfortable. This study further supports the fact that good sleep is essential for our overall health. Hence, strive to get adequate sleep each night.