It’s not just beauty rest — sleep duration and quality are some of the most powerful indicators of metabolic health. And a new study may have pinpointed exactly how much sleep it takes to keep Type 2 diabetes at bay. Research has long linked sleep duration and insulin resistance, a precursor to diabetes. Now, experts believe a specific number of hours and minutes per night can best keep insulin resistance under control. The study’s authors based their findings off data from over 10,000