NEW DELHI, Jul. 10, (TBINN)
An increased responsiveness of the human body to insulin during deep sleep, in turn, improving blood sugar control the next day, may be why lack of quality sleep is considered to increase risk of diabetes, researchers say.
A stronger and a more frequent linking of the deep sleep brain waves, particularly the sleep spindles and the slow waves, triggered the body’s parasympathetic nervous system into action, the researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, U.S., found after examining sleep data of 600 individuals.
The parasympathetic branch of the nervous system is associated with soothing and calming the body by producing physiological effects such as slowing down the heart and dilating blood vessels.
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