Sleep changes blood sugar more than you think
Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food Heaven
Wendy Lopez, Jessica Jones
4.9 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Diabetes Digital Podcast, Wendy and Jess talk about why sleep is one of the most overlooked factors in blood sugar management. They break down how poor sleep can impact insulin sensitivity, cortisol, hunger hormones, and overnight glucose trends, even when you’re doing “everything right” with food, movement, and meds.
You’ll hear both the science and the real-life side of sleep, including what they’ve seen with clients and in their own routines, plus practical ways to support better sleep.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to another episode of the Diabetes Digital Podcast hosted by Food Heaven. |
| 0:07.4 | I am Wendy and I'm joined today with Jess, who is my other half when it comes to all things business. |
| 0:15.8 | Hey. |
| 0:17.0 | And today we wanted to do an episode about sleep. It's something that we know personally |
| 0:25.3 | matters so much because I feel like we both transform when we're not sleeping well. |
| 0:31.8 | Jess and I, we, for our last, our first and our most recent team retreat, there was like an issue with the bed. |
| 0:40.7 | I think it was broken. |
| 0:42.1 | Oh, right. |
| 0:42.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:44.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:45.3 | And it was a disaster because that was like the first day of our retreat. |
| 0:52.6 | And she was miserable. |
| 0:58.4 | I can kind of sleep through most things, but I don't necessarily feel like the most rested. But for Jess, it's like she was going through it. And she was |
| 1:04.1 | like, if they don't fix it, we're going to have to leave. So they came in and they fixed it. And we know that sleep is just something that matters so much when it comes to |
| 1:16.4 | health. And it's also very overlooked when it comes to blood sugar management. People might be eating |
| 1:23.7 | really nutritious meals, eating consistently, being pretty active, taking their medications, |
| 1:29.4 | if they take them. |
| 1:31.1 | And their numbers might still be off. |
| 1:33.5 | And so something that we always like to address is sleep because it can have a direct impact |
| 1:38.6 | on your blood glucose. |
| 1:40.3 | So today we are going to be talking a little bit more about this. |
| 1:45.2 | We're going to talk about some of the research, some of the things that we've seen when it comes to sleep and blood glucose management, some tips and supplements that might also be helpful. |
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