Post Date December, 03 2023
In other words, people will grow old and feel young, which can also be established in turn. People will grow old quickly when they feel young. Sleep is a way to keep one's energy. How can we solve a series of health problems caused by insomnia? '
Melatonin or the culprit of insomnia in men
There is a pineal gland in the human body, which can secrete a substance called melatonin, which has hypnotic effect. At birth, the function of melatonin secretion in the body is low; The secretion level of melatonin will reach a peak when you are 2 and a half years old; At puberty, the level of melatonin secreted by the human body begins to decline gradually; In middle age, that is, after the age of 30, the amount of melatonin secretion is only 1/2 of the peak, and then has been in a downward trend, but the rate of decline will vary from person to person; After the age of 80, the amount of melatonin secreted by many people drops to less than 10% of the peak, and only a few people can maintain it to more than 10%. Therefore, with the growth of age, people need less and less sleep time, and even many people will suffer from insomnia.
It is not difficult to see that the inability to sleep after the age of 30 is due to the decline in the level of melatonin secreted by the human body due to age. In fact, in addition to age, many human factors will also affect the secretion of melatonin in the body. For example, people often work under strong light, or stay up late under the light for a long time will reduce the secretion of melatonin.
This is because when the pineal gland in the brain is exposed to strong light, the secretion function will be disordered, delaying the secretion time of melatonin, and delaying the human biological clock for 2 to 3 hours. At this time, due to the weak function of the pineal gland, it is unable to clear the free radicals harmful to human body, which leads to the more disordered function of the pineal gland. In the long run, the pineal gland will not be able to protect itself, and will gradually weaken from function to cell atrophy and calcification, accelerating human aging.
It can be seen from the above that the biological clock not only regulates your "wakefulness" and "sleep" in a day, but also affects your life's growth, development and aging process. Before middle age, the biological clock was called "growth clock"; After middle age, the biological clock is called the "aging clock". Therefore, people do not take care of their body before the age of 30, overdraw their health, and seriously disorder their biological clock. After the age of 30, sleep quality will decline, and even lead to the trend of premature aging.
The biological clock not only regulates your "wakefulness" and "sleep" during the day, but also affects your life's growth, development and aging process.
(Intern editor: Lin Yanjuan)
