Sleep is a necessary good that has been a means of repair for damaged cells and to eliminate toxins, in addition to presenting neurological processes related to memory and learning of the tasks carried out in periods of wakefulness.
It is known that the adaptation of life itself chose to have a certain synchrony with the natural processes on earth and, thanks to this, animals with diurnal habits tend to release different hormones at night that help them fall asleep.
However, there seem to be aspects not yet fully considered in the relationship between night and sleep.
In a recent study, the affectation of sleep according to the lunar cycle has been questioned, which in a broad sense sought to investigate in people of male, female and ages between 22 and up to 81 years, for 29.53 days, as is that his dream behaved from one day following the new moon and until reaching the full moon, that is, during the growth period and, in the same way, following the full moon and until the first day of the new moon or in the waning period.
It is important to consider that the lighting changes according to the phase you are in and can be a crucial factor in defining the sleep patterns of the people in the study.
It was noted that the duration of sleep was shortened in the periods of decrease with respect to those of increase, but this is not all, but also sex was associated with the same periods, which indicated that men might be having a better quality of sleep. somewhat less pleasant with respect to women, since from the beginning of sleep they were more awake, which decreased the effectiveness of sleep, this did not occur in women.
In his case, it was reported that women did not have these changes in the quality of sleep, so it was not affected by the lunar cycle, however, they are still trying to find out why it is that men do.
Due to the breadth of the study, with 852 subjects in the study, it was one of the largest works of association with the lunar cycle and sought to eliminate external factors such as normal sleep disorders and other situations that might have given rise to confusion in the results.
It is important to consider your results and see sleep as the best ally, since if you are a man there will probably be sleepless nights in which you will wonder if you had too much dinner, possibly you are just going through the wrong lunar period.
The information presented is published in Science of the Total Environment.
Share science, share knowledge.
