Sure, you can adjust the time displayed on your alarm clock for the Daylight Saving Time change, but your body might not be so quick to take a hint. Internal clocks, technically called circadian rhythms, are actually a series of internal variations in the body controlled by the brain that occur along a roughly 24-hour cycle. They are highly sensitive to light, and the lack thereof associated with Sundays end of Daylight Saving Time can throw off your internal clocks for days.
Electronic light is totally screwing up your internal clock.
Camping could help reset it to a more natural rhythm.
You can give yourself jet lag without buying a plane ticket.
Jet lag and other sleep problems are actually considered circadian rhythm disorders.
Some of our genes operate on internal clocks and messing with your sleep upsets almost all of them.
Some of those genes affect the immune system.
A wonky circadian clock could affect fertility.
Sleep problems in people with depression may be due to faulty circadian clocks.
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