Dr Vedavati Purandare explains how sleep influences blood sugar control and how to improve the quality of sleep. Human beings need normal sleep for their physical and mental wellbeing. Most adults sleep 7-8 hours per day, usually at night. The time and duration of sleep may differ in people depending on their age and health. Children sleep considerably more than older people.
The majority of adults sleep only during the night for 7-8 hours whereas some divide their sleep into two parts - an afternoon nap and then night sleep. Irregular sleep is normally observed in extreme age groups such as infants and older people. The human brain comprises two circuits - one is the arousal circuit which keeps a person awake and the second is the sleep-promoting circuit which leads to sleep. The relation between these circuits is like a switch. When the switch is 'on', a person is awake and when the…
