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I intuitively agree that optimal sleep and exercise and diet and screen time probably make a difference to wellbeing, but am I alone in thinking that trying to
by brianmcc 6y ago
I intuitively agree that optimal sleep and exercise and diet and screen time probably make a difference to wellbeing, but am I alone in thinking that trying to determine a "link" between these things is lazy, easy, obvious and just wholly inadequate?
We want to know, definitively, what are causes and effects. I appreciate that's hard. But why waste so much time and money just trying to establish "links" which are fundamentally just correlations.
It's like admitting causation is hard, just aim instead for correlation - and call it quits after getting some headlines and maybe more funding...
- sp3000 6y agoHere is a cause and effect: Optimal neurotransmitter function highly depends on sleep quality and quantity (and you can further the connection to movement and nutrition as well). Sub-optimal neurotransmitter function can lead to sub-clinical or clinical depression. "Studies have shown that NREM sleep is important for turning off the norepinephrine, serotonin and histamine neurotransmitters, which in turn allows their receptors to “rest” and regain sensitivity [13]. This allows norepinephrine, serotonin and histamine to be more effective at naturally produced levels." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4651462/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4651462/
- brianmcc 6y agoThanks - that's more like it!