[HN Gopher] Research shows circadian clock influences metabolism...
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Research shows circadian clock influences metabolism, cell and
tumor growth
Author : WaitWaitWha
Score : 68 points
Date : 2022-08-10 20:43 UTC (1 days ago)
(HTM) web link (phys.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (phys.org)
| splittingTimes wrote:
| What does "disruption of circadian rhythm" really mean in
| layman's terms?
|
| "influence our biological clock, including night shift work,
| extended light exposure, changes in sleep/wake cycles and altered
| feeding behavior,"
|
| Is it anything that deviates from going to sleep when the sun
| sinks and sleeping through till you naturally wake up when the
| sun rises?
|
| What about those:
|
| Waking up at night because you have to pee?
|
| Waking up early because you got something on your mind (like work
| related problems that need solving)
|
| Going to bed late because you addictively browse HN?
|
| Jet lag after travels?
|
| Not taking an after lunch nap when I feel like it?
|
| Needing to be wakened by an alarm?
|
| Generally bad or not enough sleep?
| joenathanone wrote:
| I'll take a layman's crack...
|
| >Waking up at night because you have to pee?
|
| You may want to not drink large amounts of liquid before going
| to bed, altering your liquid consumption times/schedule could
| resolve this.
|
| >Waking up early because you got something on your mind (like
| work related problems that need solving)
|
| Stress is known to generally be bad for health and well-being,
| there are animals can outright die from too much stress.
|
| >Going to bed late because you addictively browse HN?
|
| Stick to a better schedule.
|
| >Jet lag after travels?
|
| Don't travel too much if you can help it.
|
| >Not taking an after lunch nap when I feel like it?
|
| This may have to do with an unhealthy diet
|
| >Needing to be wakened by an alarm?
|
| Personally I've noticed that after using an alarm for a month
| or so, I start to naturally wake up just before the alarm is
| set to go off.
|
| >Generally bad or not enough sleep?
|
| Definitely an issue, if you cannot find a solution on your own,
| you may want to see a specialist.
| bergenty wrote:
| When they say circadian rhythm do they specifically mean sleeping
| 8 hours or sleeping at the same time everyday?
| nomel wrote:
| No, they mean the usual definition of the word, the biological
| mechanisms that regulate sleep/wake processes in the body,
| synchronized almost entirely by light, run by a small bit of
| your brain.
| throw0101a wrote:
| For those curious about the general field:
|
| > _Chronobiology is a field of biology that examines timing
| processes, including periodic (cyclic) phenomena in living
| organisms, such as their adaptation to solar- and lunar-related
| rhythms.[1]_
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| * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronobiology
| sirshmooey wrote:
| Lacking light perception, no group of people more so than the
| blind experience circadian rhythm disruption. So it's interesting
| and possibly contradictory to this study that they also
| experience reduced cancer incidence across the board.
|
| https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9730026/#:~:text=Totally%20b....
| captainkrtek wrote:
| On a related topic, the book "Why Time Flies" by Alan Burdick is
| a great read, and touches on biology related aspects of time.
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