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Do you have evidence to support that circadian biology is controlled by light? I was under the impression that light was only one part of this puzzle.
by epmaybe 9y ago
Do you have evidence to support that circadian biology is controlled by light? I was under the impression that light was only one part of this puzzle.
- AJ007 9y agoI tried a lot of different things over years, and when I mastered light my sleep problems were solved (hard scenario for me at the time - work from home, remote developers who worked at nighttime, no committments to force me to wake up at any given time of day.) I suspect eating times are involved as well..
- Obi_Juan_Kenobi 9y agoLight has been understood to be the dominant zeitgeber for a long time now, in humans and the vast majority of other organisms, and this has not changed. Entrainment is also affected by temperature, eating, etc., but that does not in any way diminish the importance of light. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23604485 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23604485 E.g. meal timing might help you deal with jet lag, but remember that the primary problem in jet lag is the phase-shift of light in the first place.
- RoboTeddy 9y agoThere's been a lot (but not enough) research in this area. There are other factors such as exercise and temperature (so-called zeitgebers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeber https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeber), but light is an extremely strong one for most people.