Every March, we are all faced with the arrival of Daylight Saving Time and
its impact on our circadian rhythms, our sleep - wake pattern.
More friendly shift patterns with less
impact on circadian rhythm could be adopted where practical — although the optimal shift pattern required to maximise reproductive potential is yet to be established.»
Not exact matches
Diet choices also
impact our
circadian rhythms which keep our body clock and bodily functions — including falling asleep and waking up — running
on time.
The findings, which are published online in the journal Chronobiology International, may shed light
on the
impact of
circadian rhythm changes
on reproduction and fertility.
Jay Dunlap, PhDis co-PI
on a U01 grant from the NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING entitled, «Multiscale modeling of
circadian rhythms that seeks to mathematically model to Neurospora
circadian system and its output, and to predict instances where metabolic output feeds back to
impact the
circadian clock.»
For the study, researchers tracked the
circadian rhythms of 91,000 adults in the United Kingdom to see what kind of
impact their daily
rhythms had
on their mental health.
Aside from directly
impacting your immune function, another explanation for why poor sleep can have such varied detrimental effects
on your health is that your
circadian system «drives» the
rhythms of biological activity at the cellular level.
Instead, I worked
on aligning my
circadian rhythm by wearing orange glasses at night (to improve my sleep, which directly
impacts metabolism) and practicing intermittent fasting.
Improving
circadian rhythms does have a big
impact on health.