Getting a certain amount of sleep could help ward off diabetes, a new study suggests.A team of Chinese researchers studied how sleep duration on weekdays is associated with insulin resistance, a key risk factor for type 2 diabetes. The long-term observational study, held from 2009 to 2023, included about 25,000 participants.The "sweet spot" for low insulin resistance was about seven hours and 18 minutes of sleep per night, found the research, which was published in BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care.ANCIENT HERB KNOWN AS ‘NATURE’S VALIUM' TOUTED FOR IMPROVING SLEEP AND ANXIETYLarge deviations from this benchmark — either too much






























