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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