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If you have diabetes in the family you might be interested in a study published in the march 2006 issue of Diabetes care. This study suggests that your sleep duration may be a risk factor for having Type 2 diabetes:

NEW YORK [Reuters, 10 Mar 2006] --- Research hints that not getting enough sleep each night, or getting too much sleep, may increase a person's risk of developing non-insulin dependent (type 2) diabetes, independent of other factors.

Men getting no more than 6 hours of sleep per night, as well as those getting more than 8 hours of shut eye per night, were at significantly increased risk for developing diabetes, compared to men getting 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night.

The risk of diabetes was roughly twofold higher in men reporting short sleep duration and more than threefold higher in those reporting long sleep duration, compared with men sleeping 7 to 8 hours nightly.
The ideal sleep duration according to the study is 7 to 8 hours of sleep every night, I like to stay late and watch TV, I work long hours, come home late and stay up late to unwind. Thing got to change, having Diabetes for Life isn’t fun at all.

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