The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
So we can't overstate the importance of getting regular sufficient amount of high quality sleep, at least 80% of the time, not for sake of immune system function, for clear thinking, et cetera, but also for properly regulating our metabolism, including our sugar metabolism.
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So the takeaway is, while there are extravagant and potent and interesting ways to regulate blood glucose, everything from cinnamon to lemon juice, to Berberine, to sodium caprate, to behavioral tools, to the mere understanding of how the direct and indirect pathways go from the gut to dopamine, et cetera, if you're not establishing the firm foundation of proper metabolism, all of those things are going to be sort of rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic as it's sometimes described.
So we can't overstate the importance of getting regular sufficient amount of high quality sleep at least 80% of the time not just for sake of immune system function for clear thinking etc but also for properly regulating our metabolism including our sugar metabolism.