Curseth Be He,That Distubeth My Slumber...

[Mackin]

y RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer  1 hour, 34 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - When Shakespeare called sleep the "chief nourisher of life's feast," he may have been well ahead of his time, medically at least. Researchers at the University of Chicago Medical Center report that disrupting sleep damages the body's ability to regulate blood sugar levels, potentially raising the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
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More than 18 million Americans have diabetes and the most common form is type 2, in which the body either becomes resistant to insulin or doesn't produce enough of it to regulate sugar in the bloodstream.

In a small experiment, researchers led by Dr. Esra Tasali, an assistant professor of medicine, found that disrupting the deepest sleep periods of volunteers rapidly resulted in reduction in their ability to regulate blood-sugar levels.

The findings are reported in Monday's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The researchers studied the sleep patterns of nine volunteers, five men and four women, all of normal weight, in good health and aged 20 to 31.

Normal sleep is divided into several stages, with the so-called slow-wave sleep considered the deepest.

Whenever the volunteers went into slow-wave sleep the researchers made noise — enough to disturb the sleep though not to fully awaken them.

After just three days the ability of the volunteers to regulate blood sugar was reduced by 25 percent, the researchers reported.

Earlier studies have indicated that lack of sleep can reduce the ability to regulate sugar, and this report adds evidence that poor sleep quality is also a diabetes risk.

"This decrease in slow-wave sleep resembles the changes in sleep patterns caused by 40 years of aging," Tasali said in a statement. Young adults spend 80 to 100 minutes per night in slow-wave sleep, while people over age 60 generally have less than 20 minutes. "In this experiment," she said, "we gave people in their 20s the sleep of those in their 60s."

"Since reduced amounts of deep sleep are typical of aging and of common obesity-related sleep disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea, these results suggest that strategies to improve sleep quality, as well as quantity, may help to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes in populations at risk," said co-author Dr. Eve Van Cauter, a professor of medicine.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080101/ap_on_he_me/sleep_diabetes

[swangin and bangin]

working out hard and drinking a protein shake right b4 u goto bed is like the ultimate muscle builder

the first 1-2 hours of deep sleep every night is when your body is repairing your torn muscles.

[Mackin]

working out hard and drinking a protein shake right b4 u goto bed is like the ultimate muscle builder

the first 1-2 hours of deep sleep every night is when your body is repairing your torn muscles.

Really??^^
Dude u must hit the gym like crazy..

Ain't it dangerous to over do it???

[swangin and bangin]

working out hard and drinking a protein shake right b4 u goto bed is like the ultimate muscle builder

the first 1-2 hours of deep sleep every night is when your body is repairing your torn muscles.

Really??^^
Dude u must hit the gym like crazy..

Ain't it dangerous to over do it???

im not a crazy gym head but a trainer told me, but she said that sleep is important after a hard workout and protein especially. so like a low cholesterol protein shake. she was ripped so i believe her

[Mackin]

working out hard and drinking a protein shake right b4 u goto bed is like the ultimate muscle builder

the first 1-2 hours of deep sleep every night is when your body is repairing your torn muscles.

Really??^^
Dude u must hit the gym like crazy..

Ain't it dangerous to over do it???

im not a crazy gym head but a trainer told me, but she said that sleep is important after a hard workout and protein especially. so like a low cholesterol protein shake. she was ripped so i believe her

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LMAo ..I said U'd believed her, i would Too,if She was Ripped!!
yeah Sleep is helps to rebuild the energy lost during work out

But not to certain about all these protein supplements and things..
Theirs gotta be an alternative..like Fruits or something rather than taking mixture of God Knows what...

[swangin and bangin]

working out hard and drinking a protein shake right b4 u goto bed is like the ultimate muscle builder

the first 1-2 hours of deep sleep every night is when your body is repairing your torn muscles.

Really??^^
Dude u must hit the gym like crazy..

Ain't it dangerous to over do it???

im not a crazy gym head but a trainer told me, but she said that sleep is important after a hard workout and protein especially. so like a low cholesterol protein shake. she was ripped so i believe her

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LMAo ..I said U'd believed her, i would Too,if She was Ripped!!
yeah Sleep is helps to rebuild the energy lost during work out

But not to certain about all these protein supplements and things..
Theirs gotta be an alternative..like Fruits or something rather than taking mixture of God Knows what...

my doctor said it was koo
i only fucks with protein shakes now.
i tried to take a creatine cycle and it fucked me up, im vegiterian so my body isnt use to creatine because its only found in meat.
everybodys body reacts differently

[Mackin]

Yeah Creatine is found in meat!
I'm a veggie too!!
Thanks for that Info!!
I'll look further into that!

[swangin and bangin]

yea that shit was crazy
and later i found out that theres a link between cancer and creatine.

[Mackin]

yea that shit was crazy
and later i found out that theres a link between cancer and creatine.

^^What?
Are You Sure???

[Nat Turner-reincarnated]

good post- a lot of people dont understand the importance of a good night sleep.

[Mackin]

good post- a lot of people dont understand the importance of a good night sleep.

Thanks!!!
I try to get a decent amount of sleep, as much as i can..

[swangin and bangin]

yea that shit was crazy
and later i found out that theres a link between cancer and creatine.

^^What?
Are You Sure???

yea, it was a story on yahoo a couple months back
some study found that

[Mackin]

yea that shit was crazy
and later i found out that theres a link between cancer and creatine.

^^What?
Are You Sure???

yea, it was a story on yahoo a couple months back
some study found that

!!!..Whoa!