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It's not you; it's your schedule. Does it sound like magic? It's not. We've all heard of circadian rhythms - those biological processes that give us jet lag and make us night owls or early birds. But few of us know just how profoundly these diurnal patterns affect our overall health. Bad habits - like skipping meals, squeezing in workouts, working late into the night and then trying to catch up on sleep during the weekend - disrupt our natural cycles. A growing body of research on chronobiology reveals just how sensitive the human body is to these rhythms all the way down to the genetic level.

Dime cuál es tu rutina diaria y te diré qué tan saludable te sientes. Dime a qué hora comes o duermes y te diré si te es difícil perder peso o qué tan sensible eres al estrés. Aunque la ciencia ha demostrado la cercanía entre el funcionamiento de nuestro cuerpo y el ritmo circadiano de luz y oscuridad, las exigencias de la vida moderna nos mantienen en un estado constante de jet lag, imponiéndonos horarios que no coinciden con los ciclos naturales de nuestra fisiología. 

"It’s not you, it’s your schedule." Does it sound like magic? It’s not. We’ve all heard of circadian rhythms—those biological processes that give us jet lag and make us night owls or early birds. But few of us know just how profoundly these diurnal patterns affect our overall health. Bad habits like skipping meals, working late into the night to maximize productivity and then trying to "catch up" on sleep during the weekend disrupt our natural cycles. A growing body of research on chronobiology reveals just how sensitive the human body is to these rhythms all the way down to the genetic level.