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i want to talk about the risks of working  night shift this is a major problem in  

depriving of sleep especially if you’re doing  rotational shifts and it’s not consistent  

this could put a serious dent into your health  so let’s go through all the potential problems  

when doing a night shift and depriving  yourself of your normal circadian rhythms  

now there is a way to minimize damage control  which i’ll get into but first let’s talk about  

the negatives all right number one it can increase  the risk of depression dementia gi inflammation  

headaches sexual dysfunction it increases  the risk of metabolic syndrome which is  

blood pressure blood sugar issues cholesterol  issues and central obesity which is belly fat  

and also this is classified or categorized  as a carcinogen why because you’re going  

to have less melatonin and melatonin is a tumor  suppressor now in women it can increase the risk  

of getting breast cancer by 48 now in a study  involving nurses there was a risk of heart related  

deaths by 9% and nurses that do night shifts  are 25% more likely to die from lung cancer  

and women who do night shift work over five  years have a shorter life span and over 15  

years have an increased risk of heart disease by  38 percent now as far as diabetes goes there’s a  

pretty significant risk 36 percent if you’re doing  night shift work greater than eight times per  

month which i think most people are doing there’s  also 28 published studies that show at least a 28%

increased risk of becoming obese or gaining  weight so as you can see there’s a lot of  

problems with night shifts there’s a couple points  i want to bring up number one if at all possible  

you don’t want to do rotational night  shift work you want to keep it consistent  

and even the days that you have off you want  to maintain that schedule and that’s going  

to significantly help you the other thing is the  greater the stress on your body doing night shifts  

the more closely you need to follow a healthy  eating plan i’m talking about healthy keto and  

intermittent fasting this will add a significant  benefit in decreasing these risk factors  

and also if at all possible keep your stress at  a very low level simply because the stress of  

not keeping your circadian rhythms consistent is  very very high so if you’re enjoying my content  

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