Lark, owl and bio-hacking?

Photo by Krivec Ales

Jean-Jacques d'Arto de Meiran, a very important astronomer of his time, sat in the early evening of a summer day in 1729 at his desk and stared out the window in an attempt to complete important work.

As dusk approached, he noticed that the leaves of the plant on his windowsill were closing.

Earlier that day, when the sun was shining brightly on the window, the leaves were spread out wide. This pattern - of leaves unfolding in the morning sunlight, shrinking as evening falls - has raised questions in it.

How does the plant feel around us? And what happens if this model of light and darkness is disrupted?

De Myren lowered the flowerpot from the window sill, pushed it into the closet, and locked the door to prevent light from entering.

The next morning he opened the closet to inspect the plant, the leaves were spread out wide, even though they were in complete darkness! Additional weeks of interrogation while hanging blackout curtains on the windows to prevent light rays from entering the room revealed that the pattern had not changed.

The leaves of the shy mimosa spread widely in the morning and closed in the evening.

The plant did not respond to external light, it operated regularly according to its internal clock.

Since the discovery of De Myran 300 years ago, scientists have discovered that almost everything living — from unicellular survivors in ponds to complex organisms — operates according to a biological clock.

These internal timers play an essential role in proper functioning. They are responsible for a variety of actions that we call daily biological rhythms - circadian rhythms - and these determine the daily life rhythm of every living thing.

Our biological clock, the SPN (Suprachiasmatic Nucleus), is a cluster of about 20,000 cells the size of a rice grain in the hypothalamus, which sits above the lower part of the center of the brain. The SPN controls the rise and fall of our body temperatures, regulates our hormones, and helps us fall asleep at night and wake up in the morning.

It uses social signals (working hours, public transport schedules ...) and environmental signals (sunrise and sunset) to make tiny adjustments that allow for more or less perfect internal and external circulation. This process is called synchronization. The result is that, like a plant on de Meiran's window sill, humans also "open" and "close" symbolically at regular hours every day.

Of course, this pattern is not the same in all humans but the general boundaries of the model are very similar.

Chronobiologists and other researchers began collecting knowledge by examining physiological functions such as melatonin production and metabolic responses, but research has expanded and today it also includes emotions and behavior.

The study reveals some surprising time-based patterns regarding our feelings and behaviors - patterns that guide us on how to better shape our daily lives.

Different people experience their day in different ways.

Each of us has a "time rhythm" - Chronotype - a personal pattern of daily cycles that affect our physiology and psychology.

For example, Those with a late rhythm - wake up long after sunrise, do not like the morning, and do not reach the peak of their abilities before the late hours of the afternoon or evening.

Others have an early pace of time - they wake up easily and feel full of energy during the day, but crash in the evening.

These differences affect all of our habits like diet, culinary preferences, energy, athletic preferences, and more.

The rhythm of time - chronotype - is innate and undeveloped.

Chronobiologist Till Roenneberg added that the timing of a person's birth also plays an important role.

People born in the fall or winter are more likely to be "morning typical" - crayons. People born in the spring and summer are more likely to be "typical at night" - owls. Of course, other parameters affect like age and differences between women and men in different life cycles.

As I read these studies and was exposed to the significance of the biological clock of each of us, I realized that there is a natural way to maximize facial and body treatment results significantly.

If I am attentive to the patient's biological rhythm, I can significantly maximize treatment outcomes.

For example, a "pencil" patient will benefit more from using La grand crème© in the spring or fall months (or both) when she has internal changes at exactly these times.

Active acid treatment or Phillig treatments that will be performed after sunset for "owl" patients will produce the maximum skin renewal since they are at their peak during these hours - the body will support the process better.

The wonderful body treatments in the clinic - will also be adapted to the patients' natural rhythm while maximizing fat burning and lymphatic drainage.

Body treatments for firming and healthy tissues will be adjusted at completely different hours than body treatments for lymphatic drainage and detox.

Adjusting preparations according to this synchronization will also benefit greatly while adding grammar to the lifestyle of the lark or owl, such as geographical area of ​​residence, eating and drinking habits, type of daily work, etc.

I am inviting you to a half-hour of free diagnosis, which includes all the parameters for a perfect fit of treatments and preparations for the face and body.

Good health wishes, Inbal

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