Insulin Resistance & Why It Matters Part 4 (Sleep)

On this video we will be continuing our series on Insulin, specifically how sleep positively impacts Insulin and blood sugar in the body.Show more

Ok so on this series we have already covered a lot of ground so if you are just now joining us, I recommend that you go back to the first video right here and catch back up so that way you don't get confused... On the other videos we laid some ground work about how insulin works and will help you make a lot of sense as we continue on this topic.

Sleep is one of the things that people dramatically under value. In fact I have often ran into people that brag about how little of sleep that they can run on. Like it's some badge of honor. If these people new the implications and strain they were putting on there health they may reconsider being so proud of there ability to go without sleep.

Let me put it another way and this may seem like a bold statement but if you could bottle a sell every health benefit that sleep offers, we would be billionaires ten times over. You see sleep is where your body does all of it's repairing and restorative work. I look at it this way but if you are only running on 3 to 5 hrs. sleep a night, essentially you are stealing time and quality of life from your future self. Let that sink in for a moment and ask yourself.. are you willing to sacrifice long term health and the amount of time that you have for a little short gratification that you get from staying up a couple extra hrs. each night? Just something to think about.

So how does sleep effect Insulin. recent research shows that just depriving your sleep 2 nights in a row can have a increase insulin resistance dramatically in other wise healthy individuals. Now as we talked about before insulin resistance also is correlated with inflammation. Imagine if you have been sleep deprived for years or decades what kind of impact you may be having on your health. CRAZY to think about huh?

Here is a few other things to think about when you are sleep deprived. Not only are you insulin resistant, but with that comes higher levels of Cortisol (stress hormone) thyroid levels decrease, sex hormones like testosterone, Growth Hormone & DHEA all decrease. In simple terms all of your fat burning hormones decrease while fat storing hormones increase. Wow what a whammy!! but that's not all research is also showing how satiety hormones are impacted as well. this is like the icing on the cake because what this means is that hormones like Ghrelin that make you want to eat more and increase cravings at the wrong times often before bed increase. While leptin a hormone that signals that you are full decreases.

All of this puts you in a position where it makes it almost impossible to lose weight despite your best efforts to eat less and work out more. Side note that is a recipe for disaster, especially when you already have a ton of stress goin on.

These are some reasons from a hormonal perspective as to why making sleep should be a priority, but sleep has so many more physiological implications like the health of your brain neurotransmitters, DNA Repair, Cardio vascular health & so much more.
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