The 24 hours of the day are followed by a sequence of body commands that dictate the right times to eat, sleep and wake up. During this cycle, people still perform other tasks and follow a pattern that can affect their health, when the biological clock is not working perfectly.
Called the circadian rhythm or circadian cycle, this pattern of the human body is what determines mental, physical and behavioral tasks during the day.
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Furthermore, a sequence of stimuli happens in synchronization with sunlight so that your body understands the moments of greatest and least activity, also determining the moments of relaxation that induce the sleep.
When a person gets out of their circadian rhythm, they feel the difference the next day, for example, a bad night's sleep, high levels of stress or a poor meal. These changes will have greater or lesser impacts depending on the frequency with which they occur in the circadian cycle routine.
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According to the publication of The Conversation, published by the BBC, the pace of life of people in West and the habits of modern life are further altering what should be a natural cycle of Human Body.
People are more sedentary and have fewer hours in contact with sunlight. In part, this is due to the increase in the number of hours they spend in front of computers.
Likewise, the light emitted by exposure to screens also harms sleep, causing people to sleep fewer hours.
All these changes will have an impact on the functioning of the body, harming the digestion and metabolism, reinforces the publication.
Consequently, intestinal health is impacted, as digestion takes place during the day and any meal outside the ideal time causes the body to reorganize in order to digest food. foods.
Likewise, sleep can be influenced by the disorganized functioning of the intestinal microbiota, neurotransmitters and bacteria that promote the sleep-wake cycle. An example is serotonin, which is linked to sleep and is contributed by some bacteria, such as Streptococcus.
Therefore, these changes can cause an inversion of microbial diversity, affecting the sensitivity and tolerance of the human body to various metabolic factors.
Finally, the change in the circadian cycle affects bacterial groups, producing more harmful bacteria that affect the sleep and health in general.
In summary, it is established that eating late and sleeping little considerably affects the circadian cycle, maintaining harmful habits that will affect well-being and health in the long term.