Exercise improves our health, helps prevent illness and is an important part of many treatment plans, so what if there was a way to enhance its effects?
In recent years, there has been a growing appreciation that our circadian rhythm plays a fundamental role in coordinating the pulse of our bodily functions, everything from hormone release to digestion, sex drive to sleep.
Our circadian rhythm is orchestrated by a central clock that resides in the brain and responds to light. Other clocks exist throughout the body – our liver, kidney, heart, lungs, muscles and reproductive system and even our skin – and while they take their lead from the main clock, they also set their time to other cues, like food, temperature and exercise.
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