Researchers from the University of Zurich recently discovered that it’s rather easy to manipulate our circadian clocks. By taking a young person’s skin cells and growing them in the blood of an older person, the circadian genes themselves aged. Apparently, there’s something in the blood that has a very real and significant effect on our circadian clocks.
This is a big find – if we can isolate the ingredient in our blood that affects our circadian rhythms, we may be able to cure disorders such as delayed sleep phase syndrome. Let’s hope we’ll see more research in this area.
Source: PNAS
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I’m way past the “foods to help you sleep” in my chronic insomnia. I’m currently taking 2 sleep meds plus and anti-depressant. The comibination worked great for years. But now it doesn’t work anymore. I’m lucky to get 3-4 hours per night. Why has the terrible and crippling condition not found a cure yet?
No idea. I am just as appalled as you are.