{"id":59628,"date":"2025-05-11T12:59:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T02:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=59628"},"modified":"2025-05-15T13:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T03:27:09","slug":"more-on-circadian-rhythms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=59628","title":{"rendered":"More on Circadian Rhythms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Joseph_S_Takahashi.jpg\" alt=\"Joseph S Takahashi\" width=\"1143\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Joseph_S_Takahashi.jpg 1143w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Joseph_S_Takahashi-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Joseph_S_Takahashi-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Joseph_S_Takahashi-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Your brain\u2019s suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) serves as the master biological clock that regulates your body\u2019s circadian rhythms.<\/p>\n<p>Your body\u2019s central circadian clock is not alone; peripheral clocks are found in various tissues and nearly every organ throughout your body, including the liver, lungs, heart and skeletal muscles.<\/p>\n<p>Shift work, jet lag and many other factors can throw your circadian rhythm off kilter; your body relies on zeitgebers \u2014 external cues that help regulate and synchronize your circadian rhythms \u2014 to get back on track.<\/p>\n<p>Exposure to bright light, ideally from sunlight, during the day and avoiding artificial light at night is a powerful method to keep your circadian rhythms in sync.<\/p>\n<p>Meal timing also influences your circadian rhythms; it\u2019s best to avoid eating before sunrise or after sunset and to stop eating at least three hours before bedtime.<\/p>\n<p>Finish reading:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2024\/07\/19\/synchronize-circadian-rhythms.aspx\">https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2024\/07\/19\/synchronize-circadian-rhythms.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your brain\u2019s suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) serves as the master biological clock that regulates your body\u2019s circadian rhythms. Your body\u2019s central circadian clock is not alone; peripheral clocks are found in various tissues and nearly every organ throughout your body, including the liver, lungs, heart and skeletal muscles. Shift work, jet lag and many other factors &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=59628\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;More on Circadian Rhythms&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59628"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59778,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59628\/revisions\/59778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}