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New study on importance of early bed times

SheilaCanning

SheilaCanning

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This is very interesting to me. Zoe suggests bedtime between 10 & 11 pm results in a more stable morning blood sugar. One of my perimenopausal issues is insomnia which is being helped with HRT. However, I find I often don't sleep until 2 am and have rather got into the pattern of making up the hours in the morning (luckily I work afternoon/evenings). This is making me think I need to try and overhaul things a bit.

https://joinzoe.com/learn/sleep-blo...2_12_2021&mc_cid=9022d53db2&mc_eid=31aa517bda
 
SheilaCanning said:
This is very interesting to me. Zoe suggests bedtime between 10 & 11 pm results in a more stable morning blood sugar. One of my perimenopausal issues is insomnia which is being helped with HRT. However, I find I often don't sleep until 2 am and have rather got into the pattern of making up the hours in the morning (luckily I work afternoon/evenings). This is making me think I need to try and overhaul things a bit.

https://joinzoe.com/learn/sleep-blo...2_12_2021&mc_cid=9022d53db2&mc_eid=31aa517bda
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I think it's careful to look at what the study's actually said in articles such as this.

"In summary, later bedtime on weekends was associated with shorter sleep duration and poorer glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes. It is likely that patients with later weekend bedtimes curtail their sleep by waking up earlier."

It doesn't seem unreasonable to posit that the people going to sleep later on Weekends, were also drinking more alcohol, for instance.
 
StewM said:
I think it's careful to look at what the study's actually said in articles such as this.

"In summary, later bedtime on weekends was associated with shorter sleep duration and poorer glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes. It is likely that patients with later weekend bedtimes curtail their sleep by waking up earlier."

It doesn't seem unreasonable to posit that the people going to sleep later on Weekends, were also drinking more alcohol, for instance.
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Proper studies normally control for stuff like this.
 
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