While sleeping has to be the favorite and simple pastime anyone can think off, it looks like you may also have to watch how long and how much you sleep. While sleeping is healthy, oversleeping can become a health hazard, putting you closer to that dreaded diabetes illness everyone is trying to avoid.
A study was conducted on 20,000 Chinese adults where napped for at least 4 to 6 days of a week had a higher prevalence of diabetes type 2. However, the researchers stress that their findings do not prove that napping itself is the culprit.
Men and women who napped four to six days per week were 36 percent more likely than those who never napped to have diabetes. Similarly, daily nappers had a 28 percent higher risk
(Source) Reuters
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