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Dr. Joseph Takahashi studies biological clocks in our bodies that control our 24-hour schedules. Genes in nearly all of our cells turns on/off each day to regulate things like sleep, blood sugar, body temperature, and liver metabolism.
Learn more: https://www.peoplebehindthescience.com/dr-joseph-takahashi-2/
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@PhDMarie I so appreciate that there's a text summary of the podcast with links to relevant sections, thank you. The section on experiments to study the human circadian rhythm was so fascinating!
"These were the first controlled experiments done with human participants that demonstrated that we have our own internal clocks and that we may have at least two internal clocks."
#TIL that there's a body temperature rhythm that can be dissociated from the circadian rhythm! In retrospect, it makes sense given that (from what I know) lower temperature helps most humans fall asleep easier
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