Sleep and nutritional balance during the holiday season
Dr. George Moricz from Naples Center for Functional Medicine joined ABC7 to get better sleep and maintain our nutritional balance
Still feeling groggy after turning the clock back an hour for daylight saving time? You're not alone. That extra hour of daylight before work is great for the active Southwest Florida lifestyle, as well as getting the kids safely to school each morning. But for many, the disruption to our internal clocks can affect our physical, mental and emotional state. Dr. George Moricz, an anti-aging expert at the Naples Center for Functional Medicine, joined ABC7 to get better sleep and maintain our nutritional balance – especially amid the recent onset of daylight saving time and as the holiday season approaches.Circadian rhythms affect many bodily processes, your mental state, and your behavior. The 24-hour natural, internal clock in our brain that controls alertness and sleepiness. Circadian rhythm is also shaped according to the Earth's rotation around the axis. The word originated from Latin which means around a day.Most of us know all too well that not getting enough sleep affects our energy level and even our mental comprehension. But sustained sleep deprivation can also contribute to a host of other health problems like memory loss, increased appetite and negative behaviors like anger, depression and anxiety.Functional medicine takes a root-cause approach. Rather than putting a bandage over the symptoms, Naples Center for Functional Medicine investigates and treats the cause of the ailment and creates a custom treatment plan to address it.For more information, you can check out the Naples Center website. They also hold free information events. The next one is called "From Beauty Sleep to Sleeping Beauty" happening Friday, Nov. 15, at 11 a.m. at their office in Naples. And on Dec. 6, also at 11 a.m., they will be hosting another session on fighting the holiday battle of the bloat.!Still feeling groggy after turning the clock back an hour for daylight saving time? You're not alone.
That extra hour of daylight before work is great for the active Southwest Florida lifestyle, as well as getting the kids safely to school each morning. But for many, the disruption to our internal clocks can affect our physical, mental and emotional state.
Dr. George Moricz, an anti-aging expert at the Naples Center for Functional Medicine, joined ABC7 to get better sleep and maintain our nutritional balance – especially amid the recent onset of daylight saving time and as the holiday season approaches.
Circadian rhythms affect many bodily processes, your mental state, and your behavior. The 24-hour natural, internal clock in our brain that controls alertness and sleepiness. Circadian rhythm is also shaped according to the Earth's rotation around the axis. The word originated from Latin which means around a day.
Most of us know all too well that not getting enough sleep affects our energy level and even our mental comprehension. But sustained sleep deprivation can also contribute to a host of other health problems like memory loss, increased appetite and negative behaviors like anger, depression and anxiety.
Functional medicine takes a root-cause approach. Rather than putting a bandage over the symptoms, Naples Center for Functional Medicine investigates and treats the cause of the ailment and creates a custom treatment plan to address it.
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