@seed: When it’s 4 pm, and the sun sets…🫠 If you live in a place that shifted out of Daylight Savings Time, you might be feeling the aftermath of the “fall back.” Side effects may include fatigue, trouble falling asleep, and changes in your digestion—not to mention the even more extreme outcomes like increased incidences of stroke¹, heart attack², and car accidents.³ So, why does this seasonal time change have such a big impact on how we function and feel? 🤔 While the time change is intended to maximize our exposure to sunlight during the time of day when we’re most active, this transition means a shift not only in our digital and analog clocks, but our biological ones as well. ⏰ Your body has its own internal timekeeper—known as your circadian rhythm—that works to regulate your biological cycles, including sleep-wake, temperature, metabolism, and digestion. This rhythm is largely dependent on light exposure ☀️, and even the small setback of an hour can have a range of effects on your body. But we’re here to talk about the gut. Watch to uncover four ways Daylight Savings impacts your gastrointestinal tract and the bacteria residing there. 👉 • ¹ Sipilä, J. O., Ruuskanen, J. O., Rautava, P., & Kytö, V. (2016). Changes in ischemic stroke occurrence following daylight saving time transitions. Sleep medicine, 27-28, 20–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2016.10.009 ² Manfredini, R., Fabbian, F., De Giorgi, A., Zucchi, B., Cappadona, R., Signani, F., Katsiki, N., & Mikhailidis, D. P. (2018). Daylight saving time and myocardial infarction: should we be worried? A review of the evidence. European review for medical and pharmacological sciences, 22(3), 750–755. https://doi.org/10.26355/eurrev_201802_14306 ³ Varughese, J., & Allen, R. P. (2001). Fatal accidents following changes in daylight savings time: the American experience. Sleep medicine, 2(1), 31–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1389-9457(00)00032-0 #gastrointestinaltract #guthealth #timechange #daylightsavingstime

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