Health dangers of sleep deprivation
> Lack of sleep changes how insulin operates in your body and how quickly your cells absorb sugar. After a week of short sleep nights (say, five or six hours), your doctor could diagnose you with pre-diabetes, Walker says.<p>My father intentionally tried to sleep as little as possible in his 20s, 30s, and into his 40s - sleeping four hours a night was common - in order to get more done - and he ended up with diabetes.<p>Chronic and extreme lack of sleep was his only risk factor.<p>Don't screw around. Get your sleep.