糟糕的睡眠会增加患糖尿病的风险

　　With a soaring number of Britons developing diabetes - from 1.26million cases in 1996 to 2.35million today.

　　英国人患糖尿病的人数迅猛递增，这一人数已从1996年的126万增加到如今的235万。

　　To make the link, Dutch scientists looked at how effective the bodies of nine healthy volunteers were at processing sugar.

　　荷兰科学家们对九位身体健康的实验者进行调查，看看他们的身体是如何有效的进行糖类转化这一过程的。他们可以从中找到一些关联。

　　Halving the amount of sleep reduced the body's ability to use insulin to process sugar - known as insulin sensitivity - by up to a quarter.

　　如果把正常睡眠时间削减一半，那么身体使用胰岛素代谢糖分的能力会下降到25%，这种能力被我们称为“胰岛素敏感度”。