Changing the UK's time zone

[Madge Wildfire]

Another point about keeping our bodies in synch with the natural day / night cycle:

The body can only produce the vital hormone melatonin [ from the pineal gland ] if it is in complete darkness during sleep.

Melatonin is an oncostatic hormone, ie cancer inhibiting, and we need it for optimal health.

Suggested reading:

Light at night, Chronodisruption, Melatonin suppression, and Cancer risk: A Review; Russel J Reiter, Dun-Xian Tan, Ahmet Korkmaz, Thomas C Erren, et al. Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis, 13(4):303-328 ( 2007 ).

The above scientific review has references to no less than 132 papers all of which make the case that light at night is a risk for cancer, and the World Health Organisation has acknowledged the risk.

Now you tell me, after I have spent 35 years doing night shifts. :cry:

 

[Bungle73]

Just because it's dark, doesn't mean it's night!!

Um, what? The night IS when it's dark. That's what the night is.