Intensifying sleep slow oscillations does not improve metabolic control in healthy men

Sleep impairments affect metabolic function including glucoregulation and add to the impact of more traditional risk factors like obesity and sedentarism (Anothaisintawee et al., 2016; Kim et al., 2017). In healthy young men submitted to an intravenous glucose tolerance test (ivGTT), a reduction in nocturnal sleep duration to four hours for six consecutive days reduced glucose uptake by 40% and impaired the acute insulin response (Spiegel et al., 1999) as well as insulin sensitivity (Leproult and Van Cauter, 2010).

Source: Psychoneuroendocrinology - August 22, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jo ão C.P. Santiago, Hong-Viet Ngo, Carola Jickeli, Andreas Peter, Manfred Hallschmid Source Type: research