Your internal clock plays a big role in your physical and mental healthsleep experts explain how it works.
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What Is Your Circadian Rhythm?
Everyone is born with the ability to develop a circadian rhythm.
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How Does It Affect Your Health and Life?
Your alertness, sleepiness, appetite, and evenbody temperatureare all impacted by your circadian rhythm.
All other organ systems function in response to wakefulness and sleep.
Many hormones like steroids, which help us function during wakefulness, are also minimized during sleep.
Why Does Understanding Your Circadian Rhythm Matter?
What Affects Your Circadian Rhythm?
Staying on track with a consistent sleep schedule is often easier said than done.
Light emitted from artificial sources, Pierpaoli Parker says, can disrupt your circadian rhythm.
This can allow you to work with your body to feel your best and stay as healthy as possible.
Pierpaoli Parker recommends implementing the following lifestyle changesor goodsleep hygienepracticesfor optimal circadian rhythm balance and support.
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