Daylight may be a free blood sugar aid many people are not using.
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Something as simple as sitting by a window in natural light may help people with Type 2 diabetes keep their blood sugar levels more stable, a recent study suggests.
The findings reveal that participants kept their blood sugar within a healthy range 50 percent of the time when exposed to natural light, compared to 43 percent during an artificial-light phase.
George Citroner reports on health and medicine, covering topics that include cancer, infectious diseases, and neurodegenerative conditions. He was awarded the Media Orthopaedic Reporting Excellence (MORE) award in 2020 for a story on osteoporosis risk in men.
