The Inner Clock - Living in Sync with Our Circadian Rhythms

The groundbreaking new science of re-syncing our circadian rhythms to live healthier, happier, and more sustainable lives Every moment, a symphony of tiny timepieces is ticking throughout your body, orchestrated by a master timekeeper in your brain. But modern insults like artificial light, contrived time zones,;and late-night meals wreak havoc on our internal clocks.;Misaligned circadian rhythms disrupt sleep, reduce productivity, and raise the risk of serious, life-threatening ailments. Armed with advances in biology and technology, a circadian renaissance is reclaiming these lost rhythms and leveraging their profound influence. Gaining a better understanding our circadian rhythms can have profound impacts on our health and well-being. Science journalist Lynne Peeples unpacks these questions and more, meeting the scientists, astronauts, athletes, and patients at the forefront of a growing movement. Along the way, she sleeps in a Cold War-era bunker, chases the midnight Sun, spits into test tubes, and wears light-adjusting headsets in an effort to decipher what makes our internal clocks tick and how we can reset them for the better.

About the author

Lynne Peeples is a science journalist and former staff reporter at The Huffington Post. Her writing has also appeared in The Guardian, Scientific American, Nature and other publications. Before her move to writing, she crunched numbers as a biostatistician for HIV clinical trials and environmental health studies. Peeples was an MIT Knight Science Journalism fellow and holds master's degrees in biostatistics from the Harvard School of Public Health and in science journalism from New York University. She lives in Seattle.

Product details

• Authors: Lynne Peeples
• Publisher: Riverhead
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.09.2024
• EAN: 9780593538906
• ISBN: 978-0-593-53890-6
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 236 mm x 29 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Success, popular science, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, SCIENCE / Time, Time Management, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SELF-HELP / Self-Management / Time Management, Self-help & personal development, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Neurosciences, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Time (chronology), time systems & standards, Time (chronology), time systems and standards, Popular medicine and health: the human body, Coping with / advice about mental health issues or topics, Physiological psychology, neuropsychology, biopsychology