{"id":68150,"date":"2023-11-15T07:36:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T07:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talkcelnews.com\/?p=68150"},"modified":"2023-11-15T07:36:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T07:36:32","slug":"women-who-sleep-less-than-seven-hours-a-night-at-greater-risk-of-killer-disease-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talkcelnews.com\/lifestyle\/women-who-sleep-less-than-seven-hours-a-night-at-greater-risk-of-killer-disease-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Women who sleep less than seven hours a night at 'greater risk of killer disease' | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

WOMEN who sleep less than seven hours a night are risking a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, a study claims.<\/p>\n

US scientists found that losing out on just 90 minutes sleep\u00a0each\u00a0night, and therefore not getting enough shut-eye, increases insulin resistance in women.<\/p>\n

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This is when your body\u2019s cells don\u2019t respond properly to the insulin that your body makes, a hormone that regulates sugar in the blood, otherwise known as glucose.<\/p>\n

The effects were stronger in those who have been through menopause.<\/p>\n

Lead author, Professor Marie-Pierre St-Onge from Columbia University said: "Throughout their lifespan, women face many changes in their sleep habits due to childbearing, child-rearing, and menopause. <\/p>\n

"And more women than men have the perception they aren\u2019t getting enough sleep<\/p>\n

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"Over a longer period of time, ongoing stress on insulin-producing cells could cause them to fail, eventually leading to type 2 diabetes."<\/p>\n

The findings are the first to show that a mild sleep deficit for just six weeks causes changes in the body that raise the risk of developing the condition.<\/p>\n

More than 5million Brits are thought to be living with\u00a0diabetes, with cases doubling in the last 15 years.<\/p>\n

It happens when the body does not use insulin properly or does not make it, leaving glucose to build in the blood at dangerous levels. <\/p>\n

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Previous studies found brief periods of total sleep deprivation can impair the body's ability to break down sugar. <\/p>\n

The latest study, published in Diabetes Care, looked at the effects of the more common experience of being mildly sleep-deprived over a longer period of time. <\/p>\n

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