You Have a Rolex in Your Brain

and it's what keeps you alive - so take care of it!

Humans are as dependent on SUNLIGHT as plants are.

It sounds like an obvious statement. But the truth is most of us don't live as if we know this. And this is at the root of most of the stuff that ails us.

In fact, SUNLIGHT is essential to our survival.

ALL of us have systems in our biology that are fine-tuned to receive inputs from the environment we're in. These inputs guide ALL physiological processes in us (metabolism, heart rate, digestion, sleep-wake cycles, menstrual cycles in women, hormone regulation, production of brain chemicals, breathing, etc. ). These physiological responses, or Outputs, are all results of the inputs our bodies receive. Some outputs happen together, others at different times, and most are dependent on something happening before, and which leads to the next thing (for instance, we can’t eliminate waste if digestion and assimilation of the food we eat is also compromised).  

All physiological processes in us are interconnected and interdependent! They happen in a cyclic, rhythmic manner, at specific times of day or night

This regular adaptation throughout a 24 hr. period is referred to as the circadian rhythm, originating from the Latin words circa meaning “around” and dies meaning “day”. In healthy humans, where proper inputs haven't been tampered with, different processes happen when they're supposed to, as illustrated by the clock graph -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circadian_rhythm

Did you ever stop to wonder how it is that these processes are all coordinated so that everything happens when it's supposed to?

We are, each and every one of us, the proud owners of the most  expensive (priceless) time-keeping mechanism on this planet!

Each and every one of us has a clock in our brains that runs on light that comes in through the eye. This quantum brain clock resides in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN for short), a region in the hypothalamus. The genes that comprise this quantum clock are synched exclusively to the light signals they receive at every moment of the day or night. In an ideal situation, these would be from natural sunlight!

The 2017 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine went to the 3 researchers that worked out the genes involved in how the SCN processes light. You can go here for more information.

Timing is everything when it comes to health and wellness. Why? Because we are Quantum Beings!

Much like the control tower at a busy airport, the SCN coordinates all the 100,000s of tasks that are happening in each cell at any given moment. And it uses light signals to do so.

What Happens If This Central Brain Clock Is Out of Sync?