Poor sleep has a metabolic, as well as a cognitive, downside...

Check out this interesting research on the effects of poor sleep on insulin sensitivity. Basically, you are more likely to get metabolic syndrome or even diabetes if you have persistently poor sleep.

Moral: if you can do something about poor sleep, then do it, because the consequences of inaction are more extensive than we thought.

Update on Monday, May 27, 2013 at 11:29AM by Michael Smith

And the above leads to faster cognitive decline!

See this article.

Nuts!

Eating more nuts every day (walnuts, hazelnuts and so on) is an excellent way to control your appetite and help pre-diabetes states …

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111102125348.htm

A possible link between type 2 diabetes and low levels of Vitamin D ...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100621091209.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29