. . . these activities can tamper with our circadian rhythms, the feedback loops that sync our body’s functions to our external environment.
The liver, which helps regulate your body’s metabolism, gets thrown off by unhealthy patterns of sleep or by changes in diet or alcohol consumption. . . .
. . . In recent years, more and more research in the field of chronobiology, the science of biological rhythms, suggests the importance of maintaining a consistent schedule for the sake of your liver, which has a clock of its own.
Circadian rhythms are important for helping the liver anticipate the body’s demands throughout the day, like stockpiling energy after meals and releasing it when we sleep, said Felix Naef, a professor of quantitative biology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. . . .
. . . “People don’t have to be working night shifts for months or years,” he said. “You could potentially put yourself at risk just by doing a series of bad behaviors for a relatively short amount of time.” . . .
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- New to lyme?
While above article focus is as much about CIRCADIAN RHYTHM as it is about alcohol, anyone new to lyme might not yet know that alcohol, even a little, can cause damage due to infection / medication interaction / leaky gut -- and because lyme hits the liver so very hard and puts it in the danger zone..
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