The importance of good quality sleep can never be overstated. In the short term, adequate sleep results in improved mood and cognitive function, while regularly getting enough sleep can help lower the risk of cardiovascular disease and cognitive decline in the long term.
Now, findings from a new study indicates that consistently good sleep could also reduce your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. After monitoring the sleep patterns of over 84,000 participants from the UK over the course of seven days and then tracking their health for the following seven years, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, discovered that irregular sleep durations were associated with increased risk of diabetes.
