Do we have an internal clock in our bodies?

Yes, we have. But we do not use very smart nowadays. By the way, it's not just a watch. Research says that almost every cell in our body has its own clock and that the clock is unique to each cell. It instructs the cell in what to do. If it is a cell that is intended to produce hormone, it tells the cell that it is now time to do so. The hormone cortisol is mostly produced during the day and is our awakening hormone. It is daylight that starts the production of cortisol. There is also a hormone, melatonin, that stimulates our sleep. Dark and dim light facilitates and induces the production of melatonin in a gland in the brain. the pineal gland.

Roughly speaking, the day has two main components: day and night.

During the day we will eat, work, socialize and so on.

During the night we will rest and sleep.

But it's not really that simple. Even during rest and sleep, a lot happens in the body and not least in the brain. During the night, repair and cleansing processes take place in the body. During the day, a lot of residual products of the activity that took place during the day have accumulated in the brain and now during sleep, these must be collected and removed from the brain. It is believed that this can be of great importance in reducing diseases of the brain.

The stomach and intestines work hard during the day. Food and drink have come to be refined. It involves wear and tear on the surfaces of the gastrointestinal tract that come in contact with food and the substances, chemicals that the body uses to assimilate food. In the stomach, stomach acid is produced, which is a fairly strong acid that sometimes kills bacteria that should not be present in food. Of course, these chemicals also leave marks on the body's own tissue, such as mucous membranes and the like. During the night, these damages must be repaired and it is the cells' bells that contribute to this repair process being able to take place.

But what happens if you take a sandwich late at night. Then all these repair activities must stop because now the digestion must start again. And even worse if you wake up and eat in the middle of the night. Then there will never be a proper repair done in the gastrointestinal tract. We will of course notice it, through acid reflux, a lot of gas, pain, stomach cramps, diarrhea, constipation. And perhaps even worse, there are studies that show that a circadian rhythm that deviates from our biological clock can contribute to several different diseases.

For many years I have had slightly varying stomach problems. It got a little better when it was discovered that I do not tolerate gluten. Then I started something called the FODMAP diet which means that you exclude foods that can cause you to get fermentation processes in the stomach due to certain bacteria. With this diet I got better and could handle my problems. But when I read that limiting the time you eat can reduce such symptoms, I started applying this. I have started eating for a period of nine hours during the day and fast the rest. During "fasting" I get to drink water. This has now been going on for about 40 days.

From day two, I have not had any symptoms from the stomach. I hope it continues that way. It seems that there is a lot of important news in this research about the body's circadian rhythm.