Study Finds Deep Sleep Can Help Keep Blood Sugar In Check

As senior study author Matthew Walker Ph.D. explains in a news release, “In the electrical static of sleep at night, there is a series of connected associations, such that deep-sleep brain waves telegraph a recalibration and calming of your nervous system the following day,” adding, “This rather marvelous associated soothing effect on your nervous system is then associated with a reboot of your body’s sensitivity to insulin, resulting in a more effective control of blood sugar the next day.”