Link found between sleep deprivation and diabetes in men

There have been so many arguments for sleep but the latest one will be compelling for men.

There is a study that as found the link between lack of sleep and development of resistance to insulin, one of the major factors leading to diabetes. Resistance is when the body will not properly use hormone, insulin

Senior investigator Peter Y. Liu of Los Angeles Biomedical (LA BioMed) Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California:

Our highly controlled sleep study showed that even one night of restricted sleep can cause insulin resistance and that we can dampen this effect by controlling levels of these two important hormones

With specific reference to men, sleep deprivation reduces a man’s testosterone levels and increases cortisol levels. Cortisol helps catabolism, or breaking down energy and fat stores for use.