The body clock, with Prof Russell Foster
Instant Genius
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Do Night Shift Workers Have to Override the Stress Axis?
A 97% of night shift workers do not adapt to the demands of working at night. The light dark cycle sets this internal rhythm to the external world. To override this, this body clock, you have to activate the stress axis. And what that does is essentially throw ar biology out of kilter by forcing activity upon an entire biology which is prepared for sleep.
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