Going early to bed is an everyday battle, at least for me. There’s always something that I want to do and will often keep me up past my bed time. Either a movie, some late night work, or that next episode of a Netflix series (I recently binge-watched Stranger Things).
Does this happen to you too? If so, you and I should reconsider, because it turns out that staying up late can increase resistance to insulin.
According to a study from the University of Pittsburgh, frequently changing the sleep timing may contribute to insulin resistance, as seen in a cohort of 370 nonshift-working women between 48 and 58 years old.
frequently changing the sleep timing may contribute to insulin resistance
After several adjustments, including sleep duration, race, menopausal symptoms, BMI (body mass index) and depressive symptoms, a positive relation was seen between insulin resistance (measure by the homeostasis model of assessment for insulin resistance) and variability of bedtime and bedtime delay.
“The results are important because diabetes risk increases in midlife women,” Dr Martica Hall, the leader of this study, said. She mentioned that the irregular sleep schedules may be an important part of this issue. She added that sleep timing is a modifiable behavior.
So, in conclusion, it’s good to keep a consistent and reasonable time to go to sleep to keep the pancreas from overworking.
