Take good care of your Circadian Rhythm
Your body naturally follows a circadian rhythm of 24 hours. It is like an internal clock, that triggers and maintains your sleep. It is controlled by external factors (light or darkness) and internal ones like chemicals: Adenosine (building the desire of sleep), Melatonin (producing drowsy feelings to signal your body to sleep) and Cortisol (triggering your body to wake up). (World Economic Forum, 2019) A Harvard study showed the consequences for people on a schedule that gradually shifted the timing of their circadian rhythms. Their blood sugar levels increased, leading to a prediabetic state, and levels of leptin, a hormone that leaves people feeling full after a meal, went down. (Harvard Health Publishing, 2020) Moreover, blue light at night can mess up skin’s natural circadian rhythm impacting...
