Diabetes cases increase every year
Diabetes and sleep: Diabetes has become a disease that turns anyone into a victim. Especially people over 30 years old living in urban areas are increasingly becoming its victims. Wrong eating habits, disturbed lifestyle and mental stress are the main causes of this disease, but do you know that lack of sleep can also make you a victim of diabetes? If you sleep less than 6 hours, your risk of diabetes increases considerably.
When the body does not produce insulin as needed and the sugar level increases, diabetes occurs. This disease also occurs for genetic reasons. This is called type 1 diabetes. When this disease occurs due to poor eating habits and a spoiled lifestyle, it is called type 2 diabetes. In recent years, the number of patients with type 2 diabetes is increasing rapidly. Poor sleeping pattern is one of the main reasons for this. Research has also been published in the medical journal The Nature. In which it is said that sleeping less than 6 hours considerably increases a person’s risk of diabetes.
What is the relationship between sleep and diabetes?
Dr Ajit Kumar from the Department of Medicine at GTB Hospital explains that there is a deep connection between sleep and diabetes. It is often seen that disturbance in sleeping pattern turns a person into a diabetic patient. When a person does not get enough sleep, insulin resistance occurs in the body. Due to which the amount of sugar in the blood increases. Due to lack of sleep, the level of the hormone cortisol also increases in the body. The increased level of this hormone has a direct effect on blood sugar. Blood sugar increases and if this problem persists for a long time, it leads to diabetes.
These people are at greater risk.
Dr. Singh says that people whose family already has diabetes, people whose weight has increased and whose eating habits are not good are at higher risk of developing diabetes. Obesity is also related to diabetes. In many cases it is seen that the increase in fat in the body causes diabetes. Research from The Lancet shows that a higher BMI increases the risk of diabetes three times. It is also seen that obese people become victims of diabetes. Similarly, people who do not get enough sleep for a long time are also at risk of diabetes.
how to sleep well
Eat dinner 2 hours before bed.
Avoid using your phone or laptop at night.
Don’t drink tea or coffee at night.
Set a sleeping time
Get at least 7 to eight hours of sleep every day.
