As we all that diabetes is a metabolic disorder in which blood sugar level is raised. This may be due to less production of insulin or due to increase insulin resistance or due to less insulin sensitivity. To reverse or control the diabetes life style modification play a critical role such as eat healthy and small portions of meal, do physical activity such as walking for at least 30 minutes 5 times in a week and maintaining a healthy body weight. Along with all these modifications, modern research uncovered an important fact that deep sleep is linked to blood sugar control.
These findings will prove very crucial in clinical management of diabetes in future. Let’s check out HOW DEEP SLEEP IS HELPFUL IN CONTROLLING BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL?
Inadequate sleep duration, poor quality of sleep and insomnia or sleep apnea are risk factor for increased blood glucose level and obesity which ultimately increases the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Sleep deprivation or sleep disorders increases cortisol (stress hormone) a glucocorticoid (steroid hormone) which release the glucose from stored glucose and decreases body sensitivity to insulin and ultimately raises blood sugar level. Continuous sleep deprivation causes persistent high blood sugar level and increases the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
According to recent study findings, during the deep sleep, there will be generation of deep sleep brain waves which stimulates Parasympathetic nervous system which is helpful in improving insulin production and insulin sensitivity due to which there will be reduction in blood glucose level and risk of type 2 diabetes will be reduced. Here the quality of sleep is more Important than quantity of sleep. So, we can say that deep sleep brain waves at night regulate blood sugar level and improves blood sugar control next morning.
CONCLUSION
Finding of relation between deep sleep and blood sugar control will going to prove a very crucial life style modification for clinical management of diabetes. However, further future research will assist us to learn more about the impact of deep and sound sleep on blood sugar level control.
