The physiological effectiveness on Melatonin
Summary
Melatonin a hormone produced by the pineal gland during the dark time. Light during the night suppresses melatonin production.
Melatonin is important for the physiology of the body: it regulates the daily and seasonal biorhythms, glucose metabolism, gonadal activity, cardiovascular system, gastrointestinal tract, and activity of the immune system.
The night shift work disrupted the production of melatonin.
There a lot of information in the literature that night shift work is harmful to the body and can cause health problems. In 2007, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer classified shift work to a group of likely carcinogen (Group A2). It is well known that working night shift work increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome disease and diabetes.
Working night shift should pay attention to its effects on the body and to assess the potential health problems.
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