When your lifestyle is at odds with your internal body clock (your circadian rhythm), it can cause everything from fatigue to insomnia, anxiety, depression, weight gain, and more. Whether or not you’ve disrupted your circadian rhythm yet or not, anybody can begin TODAY to live in better alignment with their circadian rhythms. Here’s how: ☀️ Get Natural Daytime Light The most powerful external influence on your circadian rhythm is the 24-hour light-dark cycle. If you expose yo

Feeling tired but wired…sleepless nights…trouble waking up? Any of these can be signs of circadian disruption—meaning your external daily rhythms are out of sync with your internal body clock. We can correct the problem, but first we need to know the cause, right? Most people know that working nights will mess with your body clock, but here are 5 other causes of circadian disruption you may not know: 1️⃣ Sleeping In On Weekends Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but if you w

Daily rhythms keep your body ticking like a clock. It’s true for flowers, crickets, birds, dogs, and yes—humans too. Here’s a non-exhaustive list of body processes that follow a 24-hour clock: ✔️ Hormones ✔️ Blood Pressure ✔️ Blood Sugar ✔️ Immune Function ✔️ Detoxification ✔️ Digestion That’s right—nearly every body process has a daily cycle. ⏰ It’s called the circadian rhythm ⏰ We have a master circadian clock in a specialized area of the brain called the suprachiasmatic nu

💤 Sleeping 5 hours or less per night? New research on the health of 70,000 men and women in their 50s, 60s, and 70s, showed a link between 5 hours or less per night and disease risk. Compared with those who slept 7 hours per night, those who slept only 5: ⬆️ were 20% more likely to be diagnosed with a chronic disease at age 50 ⬆️ were 40% more likely to be diagnosed with 2 or more chronic diseases over 25 years ⬆️ had a 25% increased risk of death over 25 years The study was