Consequences of shift work
- The impact of shift work might be that it is harder to eat healthily. A good meal is harder to find, and you're probably not feeling like a salad when you're trying to keep yourself awake.
- There is less opportunity for exercise when you've been up all night.
- Researchers found that pilots who worked the early shift had higher levels of cortisol. In the long-term, high levels of cortisol are associated with an increased risk of high blood pressure.
- Other research found that after three days of night shifts, the expression of genes began to be active at the wrong time of day.
- After five weeks, people who stayed awake at night and slept during the day showed impaired glucose regulation and changes in metabolism.
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