The next phase of diabetes treatment just may be sleep.
30% of people get insufficient sleep, which directly leads to increased insulin resistance the following day, along with increased appetite and craving for sugary and fattier foods, and a decrease in willpower.
Diabetes needs to be treated as a whole person health, diet is absolutely key, but so is sleep and particularly as we age, as slow-wave sleep decreases naturally with age (this is what we're working on).
~30% of the population are slow metabolizers of caffeine, yet the prevailing attitude is that coffee is considered a “net positive”.
For those with slow caffeine metabolism, it’s killing your sleep, it’s making you anxious and eventually it’s going to cut your life short.
If you’re a slow metabolizer of caffeine, your sleep quality is suffering. Cut out caffeine for two weeks - see how deeper your sleep becomes.
“ Slow caffeine metabolisers are:
Associated with a higher risk of heart disease [19]
Associated with a higher risk of hypertension [20]
Associated with impaired fasting glucose [21]
May not have the protective effects against some cancers that it appears to for “fast metabolisers” [22,23]
A recent umbrella review of 218 meta-analyses concluded that coffee presented statistical harm only in pregnancy and possible fracture risk for women. [4]”
30% of people get insufficient sleep, which directly leads to increased insulin resistance the following day, along with increased appetite and craving for sugary and fattier foods, and a decrease in willpower.
Diabetes needs to be treated as a whole person health, diet is absolutely key, but so is sleep and particularly as we age, as slow-wave sleep decreases naturally with age (this is what we're working on).
https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/index.html