For those who feel their sleep is below par too often, these may be of interest:
1) from 2001: atsjournals.org/doi/full/10...
2) from 2017: erj.ersjournals.com/content...
Can readily believe prolonged poor 💤💤💤 quality leads to greater chance of fuelling the (type 2) diabetes pathology!
Happy reading, . . . & pondering . . .
Sleep better - & for long enough, as suits . . . fellow wayfarers ! 😴 😴 😴
AtB,
Sid 
Sun 16 Jan 2022
Thank you for the links.
Resting obviously follows working, the stronger the works more will be its need.
If we are active mentally and physically we will not leave anything unattended. On the contrary, if you are lazy we tend to postpone everything giving some odd reasons.
Physical activities resolve a good part of the Type 2 related issues and, good hard works, will warrant a good sleep at the end of the day.
On the other hand, ‘laziness’ keep one to be confined to an easy chair or bed most of the time depriving the chances of getting the body’s organs to ‘work’ in some form or the other.
Our attempt to get sleep by any ‘other means’ will be counterproductive …whether to any Type 2 or Non-diabetics!
How many hours of sleep is necessary?What is the best time to have evening meal and best time to go to bed to get a good night sleep, as one get older it may be necessary to get up twice or more to go to the toilet?
The most advanced Self-Sustaining-Creation by God is Nature which include our human body with a ‘body clock’.
I am into my 74th year and a Type-2 since 1998. The time of meals, the hours of sleep all will be indicated by the ‘body clock’. Do not eat unless you are hungry (giving preference to LCHFs) and do not go to bed unless you feel sleep. Learn to listen to your body.
Our professionals use a variety of phraseology to ‘market’ something of theirs to us!
. . . & yet, the global obesity epidemic, accompanied by many chronic, inflammation-causing & autoimmune type conditions, not least diabetes ( - types 1 & 2) continue to increase !
Watch the Ytube vid, "The Bittersweet Truth" . . . & tell me what you think ! Having frequent small meals every few hours may be a medical management strategy suitable for some, . . . & a sure-fire weight-gain strategy for others ( - by fanning the flames of already present HI, or hyperinsulinemia !). The specifics of each case are likely to be important.
In each case however, its hard to conceive on the available evidence how regular, decent stretches of sleep 💤💤 ( - seemingly unavailable to increasing numbers) is not one significant factor . . .
AtB,
Sid
Tues 25 Jan 2022
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It is passed 10 pm ....I feel sleepy and going to bed. Good night!
Does the scenario you propose make enough of a distinction betwn the 'lazy & work-shy' & those who for genuine medical reasons are unable to sleep well ? It can be easy to 'see' those in the latter category as being in the former!
Hormonal disruption can severely affect circadian rhythms and cause difficulties with getting a sound night's sleep regularly. Working more, & being more physically & mentally active may not address these.
One root cause of such hormonal disruption has been considered as HI ( - hyperinsulinemia, or too much insulin in the blood) and insulin has been referred to as (one) 'master hormone'. Blood insulin levels are said to fall substantially during a good night's sleep, . . . & much less so during a poorer night's.
AtB,
Sid
Mon 24 Jan 2022
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I agree that rest follows exertion. I disagree with terms like ''lazy''. If a person feels well physically and mentally, it would be near impossible for them to be inactive. Therefore, inactivity is a symptom not a cause.
If you have one bad nights sleep, your day is plagued with brain fog and lethargy. If that continues for months and years, your overall functioning is diminished. You may call that lazy, however, the organs have stopped optimun function, so how can a person do normal things?
Unfortunately, a vicious cycle is set up. Don't sleep, less activity, weight gain, less sleep, more diseases etc.
To call people who are suffering lazy doesn't help anyone but the person doing such labelling to feel superior.
. . . to call suffering people 'lazy' or 'unmotivated' . . . may well provide some desired relief to the person doing such labelling, . . . in their unfamiliarity of the true underlying cause, . . . as well as unfamiliarity with pragmatic, established concepts such as . . . . "E-prime (E')" - feel free to 🔍 for this ! You may well like it . . . t🍒 ❓
Appreciated your contribution Yahaci !
AtB,
Sid
Mon 21 Feb 2022
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. . . so, each carb & protein containing meal, elevates blood insulin levels, hmm ? And the fewer of these in any 24h period the better, eh ?
"Excess of blood insulin levels" - aka 'hyperinsulinemia' is still not considered in the main by GPs everywhere it seems, including in the UK. This, HI, may well be the most overlooked medical CAUSE of steadily increasing BMIs, . . . which practitioners such as Jason Fung & P Jamnadas, are explaining exceptionally well, not least via their Ytube vids !
Pleased to read your input, StillConcerned ( . . . about ... ? ! 
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AtB,
Sid
Mon 21 Feb 2022
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Health: a bacterium could revolutionize the treatment of type 2 diabetes
Beta cells are not dead in long initial stages of Type-2 diabetes,Insulin levels are higher than normal,in initial stages of Type-2 DiabetesEffect of a high-egg diet on cardiometabolic risk factors in people with type 2 diabetes
Poverty a leading cause of Type 2 Diabetes,studies say,
Carrying a little extra weight decreases mortality from type 2 diabetes
