Add another health concern to the growing list associated with not getting enough shut-eye! Lack of sleep may boost your risk of type-2 diabetes. SUNY-University of Buffalo researchers report that study subjects who averaged less than 6 hours of sleep nightly were 4.5 times more likely to develop abnormal blood-sugar readings than those sleeping longer. Those sleeping less than 6 hours a night were far more likely to have developed impaired fasting glucose, even after adjusting for known diabetes risk factors.
(Source: Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter, August 2009)
Susan Mills-Gray
Nutrition & Health Education Specialist
Co-County Program Director
University of Missouri Extension
Cass County Center
302 S. Main, Harrisonville MO 64701
816.380.8460
816.380.8465 (fax) 816.506.3338 (cell)
mills-grays@missouri.edu
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