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Article: Mastering your circadian rhythm: sleep is vital to maintaining health and fitness on the night shift.
- Article from:
- American Fitness
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
- Author:
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Despite a lifelong commitment to physical fitness, I found my health and physique eroding after working long nights in an Intensive Care Unit. Fortunately, I was transferred to Sleep Medicine, where I discovered how to maintain health, musculature and well-being while working on the night shift. I applied what I learned, as a sleep technologist, to my health and fitness regimen and have been blown away by the results!
Let's face it, everyone working on the night shift has trouble staying fit. Working at night leads to sleep loss, which causes circadian rhythm disruption. The circadian rhythm, otherwise known as the "body clock," coordinates the metabolic demands ...