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She notes the importance of keeping waking and sleeping times similar throughout the year to regulate your circadian rhythm.

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Late night TV, which once had to be watched, well, late at night — it had a sort of circadian component — has been atomized into clips to watch when you like.

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Sleep is controlled through an internal process known as the circadian system that repeats roughly every 24 hours.

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“When the bioenergetics are damaged, you can imagine that it has detrimental effects … impacting your immune system and circadian rhythm.”

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Alcohol also affects circadian rhythms — the 24-hour body clock that responds to environmental light cues in order to synchronize our sleep-wake cycle.

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