Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Can one bad night’s sleep trigger insulin resistance?
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Can one bad night’s sleep trigger insulin resistance?
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Even a single night of sleep restriction can cause acute insulin resistance
One bad night of sleep will result in a much higher and disrupted rhythm of cortisol. And and so cortisol is will cause insulin resistance in every biological model very quickly.