An American study found that shortening sleep by only 90 minutes for 6 weeks increases the risk of developing diabetes in women, coinciding with World Diabetes Day, corresponding to November 14 of each year.
She explained that lack of sleep increases insulin resistance in women who are accustomed to getting enough rest, and the effect was more pronounced in women after menopause. The results were published on Monday in the journal Diabetes Care.
More than half a billion people suffer from diabetes, which affects men, women and children of all ages. The number is expected to double to 1.3 billion people in the world over the next 30 years, according to the latest estimates.
During the study, researchers focused on the effect of reduced sleep time on women’s diabetes risk, by monitoring 38 healthy women, including 11 postmenopausal women, who routinely slept at least 7 hours a night.
The recommended amount of sleep for ideal health is between 7 and 9 hours a night, yet about a third of Americans get less than the minimum recommended amount.
Participants underwent two phases: in the first, they were asked to maintain adequate sleep; In the other, they were asked to delay their bedtime by an hour and a half; This shortened their sleep time by about 6 hours, and each stage lasted for 6 weeks.
The results showed that reducing sleep by 90 minutes for 6 weeks increases fasting insulin levels by more than 12 percent, and by more than 15 percent among premenopausal women.
Overall, insulin resistance increased by approximately 15 percent, and by more than 20 percent among postmenopausal women, while average blood sugar levels remained stable for all participants throughout the study.
These results are the first to show that a moderate lack of sleep for 6 weeks causes changes in the body that increase the risk of diabetes in women, according to the team.
In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, the lead researcher of the study at Columbia University, Dr. Marie-Pierre Saint-Onge, said: “Our study has proven that restricting sleep to 6 hours per night for those who get sufficient sleep regularly, weakens their insulin sensitivity, and continuous pressure on the cells may lead to Insulin production leads to failure, which ultimately causes diabetes.
Adding that the results indicate that women, especially after menopause, should get at least 7 hours of sleep a night to prevent diabetes, she confirms that the team will continue to evaluate sleep patterns that can improve blood sugar control in adults at risk of this disease. the disease.
2023-11-15 15:34:12
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