What Is the Risk of Going to Bed in the Morning and Sleeping All Day?
Before mobile devices, many of us would read several chapters of a book before going to bed. Now we spend more time on our devices. Why is it so important to go to bed on time? And why is it better to spend time before bed talking with loved ones instead of using our mobile devices?
Dr. Asya
As a biochemist, she has expertise in developing and implementing new methods of assessing fatty acids in the blood. She also studies the processes occurring in the human body, and works to help people stay healthy and defeat old age.
It's all about one important hormone, which receives little attention but plays an important role in the regulation of many body mechanisms and helps them function normally. This hormone is melatonin, which is produced in the pineal gland found in the brain.
The creation of this hormone occurs through a variety of reactions under one important condition — absolute darkness! The time you fall asleep is also a very important aspect of when melatonin is created. The optimal time for melatonin production is=== from 10 pm to 2 am.
At dawn, melatonin stops being produced and is replaced by other hormones that make us wake up and get active. That is why people who go to bed after 12:00 in the morning do not get enough sleep — e...
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