What Is The Circadian Rhythm and Why Does It Matter So Much?

Written By Jess

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ช๐’Š๐’“๐’„๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘น๐’‰๐’š๐’•๐’‰๐’Ž

Did you know your body has a ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ก-๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘๐‘˜ known as the circadian rhythm?

It ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘  the ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› of hormones like ๐’„๐’๐’“๐’•๐’Š๐’”๐’๐’ to help you feel awake and refreshed in the morning and ๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’๐’๐’Š๐’ to help you feel sleepy at night. Although everyone is different, your circadian rhythm resets every 24 hours.*

Other functions of the circadian rhythm are the ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’, ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›, ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘, ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ, โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘š, ๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘”๐‘กโ„Ž.

Your circadian rhythm is influenced by light cues. In order to maintain and enjoy good sleep patterns and optimize your health, it's important to keep a regular sleep schedule. Waking up and going to bed at the same time every day will be the best way to reset your circadian rhythm and achieve the best sleep in the long-term.

-> 6 practical tips to maximize the benefits of circadian rhythm regulation:

๐Ÿ) ๐€๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐จ๐ง (๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฉ๐ฆ)

๐Ÿ) ๐‹๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ ๐œ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ, ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ‘) ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž

๐Ÿ’) ๐“๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ 8-10 ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ

๐Ÿ“) ๐†๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฒ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž (๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง).

๐Ÿ”) ๐†๐ž๐ญ 15-30 ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐๐š๐ฒ first thing in the morning

Sources & further reading:

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/best-time-to-wake-up

https://www.verywellhealth.com/circadian-rhythms-the-bodys-clock-2795928

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/circadian-rhythm/can-you-change-your-circadian-rhythm

https://www.healthline.com/health/healthy-sleep/

Jess

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