Sleeping too little or too much has been found to be associated with an increased risk for diabetes. Finnish researchers now report that lifestyle interventions may reduce the excess risk of diabetes associated with long sleep duration. Their findings were published online before print on August 3, 2009.
The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study Grouprandomly assigned 522 overweight adults with impaired glucose tolerance, aged 40 to 64 years, to either intensive diet-exercise counseling or no intervention. The incidence of diabetes was followed for a period of 7 years, and physical activity, dietary intake, body weight, and sleep duration were measured. The researchers found a significant interaction between sleep duration, treatment group, and likelihood of diabetes. They found that, among the intensive diet-exercise counseling group, sleep duration did not influence the incidence of diabetes.
Based on these findings, the researchers conclude that lifestyle interventions aimed at weight reduction, healthy diet, and increased physical activity might counteract the excess diabetes risk associated with long sleep duration in middle-aged adults who already have impaired glucose tolerance. So, even among adults with pre-diabetes, there may still be a way to delay or prevent the development of diabetes and its associated medical complications.
Source:
Diabetes Care. Published online before print August 3, 2009.
Created on: 08/10/2009
Reviewed on: 08/10/2009
Reviewed on: 08/10/2009
Your rating: None
posted by: Alternative Medicine remarks: Supplementation may help you fight off this rampant condition. Amplify'd from www.altmeds.com Magnesium supplementation may cut diabetes risk Daily magnesium supplementation may help overweight individuals who have become insulin resistant improve their condition and avoid type 2 diabetes, according to a new study from German researchers. Reporting in the journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, researchers from the Justus Liebig University said that low levels of magnesium have been shown in several recent studies to be strongly correlated with an increased risk of metabolic dysfunction. In fact, a 2004 study that appeared in the journal Diabetes Care found that children with low magnesium levels were significantly more likely to become insulin resistant, which dramatically elevates an individual's risk for developing type 2 diabetes. Other studies have confirmed the relationship between low levels of magnesium and insulin resistance. For the...
ReplyDelete