SHOW NOTES:

Here's the number: 21%.

One study. People with type 1 diabetes. Sleep-deprived condition (4 hours) versus adequate sleep (8.5 hours). Same food, same insulin, same activities. The sleep-deprived group showed a 21% reduction in insulin sensitivity the next day. Every single participant.

This is the episode Neil has been building toward. If you've ever had a day where your insulin felt slow -- where corrections didn't land, where you corrected twice before breakfast and were still running higher than expected -- this episode gives you a name for what was happening. And it changes how you respond to those mornings going forward.

This is Week 2 of the While You Were Sleeping Challenge. This is the research drop.

In this episode:

The specific study on sleep and insulin sensitivity in type 1 diabetes -- and what it actually showed
What a 21% reduction in insulin sensitivity looks like in real life (the bathtub analogy)
Why the effect showed up in every single participant, not just some
What LeBron James figured out about sleep that the rest of us are just now learning
How to use this information to give yourself grace on mornings after rough nights

This Week's Challenge: Look back at your data from Week 1. On the mornings after your worst nights of sleep, did your insulin feel different? Did corrections land differently?

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