Poor sleep reduces the body's insulin sensitivity and changes a person's appetite, increasing the preference for high carbohydrate foods like pizza, pasta, and sweets. Lack of sleep also alters the gut microbiota and impairs immunity, putting us at risk for developing acute illnesses like colds and flu. Eventually, chronic poor sleep increases our risk for much more serious threats, such as cancer, unless we take steps to sleep better. This episode of the Aliquot feature Drs. Matthew Walker, David Sinclair, and Rhonda Patrick (in a members' Q&A).
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Poor sleep reduces the body's insulin sensitivity and changes a person's appetite, increasing the preference for high carbohydrate foods like pizza, pasta, and sweets. Lack of sleep also alters the gut microbiota and impairs immunity, putting us at risk for developing acute illnesses like colds and flu. Eventually, chronic poor sleep increases our risk for much more serious threats, such as cancer, unless we take steps to sleep better. This episode of the Aliquot feature Drs. Matthew Walker, David Sinclair, and Rhonda Patrick (in a members' Q&A).
Introduction
Poor sleep affects the release of appetite-regulating hormones leptin and ghrelin (Matthew Walker discussion)
Fragmented sleep consistently led to higher fasting and postprandial blood glucose levels (David Sinclair discussion)
People who average less than seven hours of sleep are more likely to develop diabetes (Matthew Walker discussion)
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