http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/10/16/how-sleep-deprivation-affects-fat-cells/
Sleep Deprivation Affects Fat Cells
by Trevor Stokes Date of publication: 10/16/12
Summary:
A new study has shown that fat cells need sleep to function correctly. The fat cells of sleep deprived people don’t respond to insulin very well. This is problematic because insulin regulates blood sugar. The people in the experiment that got enough sleep were perfectly healthy.
Relevance:
This study is relevant to what we are learning because it has to do with cells and insulin. What the article means by not responding to insulin well is that the receptor proteins are not shaping to the insulin molecules. Therefore, the insulin cannot tell the cell to take in extra sugar in order to store it.
Why does sleep help the fatty cells to function better? Does it just help them to rest like it helps us rest?
ReplyDeleteIt help the fat cells function better because it increases their ability to respond to insulin. Also a protein called Akt1 is not as active in the fat cells of sleep deprived people. Overall it does pretty much come down to what you are saying: rest is key.
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