Problem is, the study was ended super early, so I don’t think they published. I think I heard about it during an interview with the lead physician in some documentary. I went looking for it a couple years ago and didn’t find it, however…

If you Google “delta sleep deprivation diabetes” tons of info will come up. Key metabolic functions are known to occur while we sleep.

I’ve known more than a dozen type II diabetics in my life, only one of them was overweight. Several of them had stories of times in their lives when they were sleep deprived (military pilot training, medical school, etc.). We know there’s correlation between weight and diabetes, but it’s not the cause. I’ve known many overweight people who haven’t developed diabetes. I’d bet that a combination of extra weight (which will increase insulin resistance) and sleep apnea (which will reduce deep sleep) is a reliable formula for diabetes.

I really want to stress this: Diabetes has many causes, we tend to oversimplify and blame the victims. It’s a metabolic imbalance and there are several ways to throw it out of balance.

Makes sense. There was a study started at UW several years ago that was ended after only one week because the test subjects, young healthy college students, started to develop diabetes. The study? Deprivation of delta sleep. High quality sleep is vital to metabolism. If artificial light deprives you of delta sleep, you’re gonna have problems.