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  1. The #circadian clock & cellular #metabolism are tightly coupled. This Primer explores a @plosbiology.org study showing how #glucose metabolism changes during the day in #Drosophila and how it is disrupted in clock & sleep mutants. Paper: plos.io/3Olm1M1 Primer: plos.io/4sUov2g

  2. Section 1. Case and Post-Mortem Analysis

    Case

    An IT professional under sustained high cognitive load and constant deadlines.

    Regimen:

    Sleep: 2–3 hours per day

    Days off: up to 4 per month

    Work sessions: long, no breaks

    Caffeine: regular use

    Symptoms:

    Episodes of loss of consciousness

    “Wobbly legs”, presyncope

    Panic attacks

    Declining memory and concentration

    Visual strain/deterioration

    ---

    Analysis (by systems)

    1. Nervous system (CNS + autonomic)

    Chronic sleep deprivation → regulatory overload.

    Disrupted sympathetic/parasympathetic balance

    Persistent “stress/survival” mode

    Adrenaline spikes without physical trigger → panic episodes

    Outcome: → panic disorder
    → cognitive deficits

    #sleepDeprivation #autonomicNervousSystem #stressResponse #panicAttacks #cognitiveDecline

    ---

    2. Cardiovascular system

    Sleep loss + stimulants → unstable heart rate and blood pressure.

    Rapid BP fluctuations

    Possible rhythm disturbances

    Outcome: → syncope
    → risk of cardiac arrhythmia

    #cardiovascular #syncope #arrhythmia #bloodPressure #heartRate

    ---

    3. Metabolic layer

    “No recovery” mode = systemic dysregulation.

    Glucose instability

    Fatigue, weakness, “wobbly” feeling

    #metabolism #fatigue #energyCrash #glucose

    ---

    4. Vision (as a trigger, not root cause)

    Continuous focal strain

    Dry eye syndrome

    Outcome: → Computer Vision Syndrome

    #vision #digitalEyeStrain #screenTime #eyeFatigue

    ---

    Causal chain

    Sleep deprivation (core)

    Autonomic dysregulation

    Stress/panic + BP instability

    Presyncope

    Loss of consciousness

    #rootCause #systemFailure #causeEffect

    ---

    Misinterpretation

    Hypothesis: “It’s caused by vision.”
    Fact: vision increases load on an already failing system; it’s not the root.

    #diagnostics #misattribution #rootCauseAnalysis

    ---

    Critical risks (if unchanged)

    More frequent syncope

    Consolidation of anxiety disorder

    Persistent cognitive decline

    Increased cardiac risk

    #riskAssessment #healthFailure #burnout

    ---

    Conclusion

    This is not a local issue (eyes/stress). It’s a systemic decompensation driven by chronic sleep deprivation.
    Symptoms are no longer early-stage; they are borderline.

    #conclusion #sleepCrisis #systemBreakdown

  3. Section 1. Case and Post-Mortem Analysis

    Case

    An IT professional under sustained high cognitive load and constant deadlines.

    Regimen:

    Sleep: 2–3 hours per day

    Days off: up to 4 per month

    Work sessions: long, no breaks

    Caffeine: regular use

    Symptoms:

    Episodes of loss of consciousness

    “Wobbly legs”, presyncope

    Panic attacks

    Declining memory and concentration

    Visual strain/deterioration

    ---

    Analysis (by systems)

    1. Nervous system (CNS + autonomic)

    Chronic sleep deprivation → regulatory overload.

    Disrupted sympathetic/parasympathetic balance

    Persistent “stress/survival” mode

    Adrenaline spikes without physical trigger → panic episodes

    Outcome: → panic disorder
    → cognitive deficits

    #sleepDeprivation #autonomicNervousSystem #stressResponse #panicAttacks #cognitiveDecline

    ---

    2. Cardiovascular system

    Sleep loss + stimulants → unstable heart rate and blood pressure.

    Rapid BP fluctuations

    Possible rhythm disturbances

    Outcome: → syncope
    → risk of cardiac arrhythmia

    #cardiovascular #syncope #arrhythmia #bloodPressure #heartRate

    ---

    3. Metabolic layer

    “No recovery” mode = systemic dysregulation.

    Glucose instability

    Fatigue, weakness, “wobbly” feeling

    #metabolism #fatigue #energyCrash #glucose

    ---

    4. Vision (as a trigger, not root cause)

    Continuous focal strain

    Dry eye syndrome

    Outcome: → Computer Vision Syndrome

    #vision #digitalEyeStrain #screenTime #eyeFatigue

    ---

    Causal chain

    Sleep deprivation (core)

    Autonomic dysregulation

    Stress/panic + BP instability

    Presyncope

    Loss of consciousness

    #rootCause #systemFailure #causeEffect

    ---

    Misinterpretation

    Hypothesis: “It’s caused by vision.”
    Fact: vision increases load on an already failing system; it’s not the root.

    #diagnostics #misattribution #rootCauseAnalysis

    ---

    Critical risks (if unchanged)

    More frequent syncope

    Consolidation of anxiety disorder

    Persistent cognitive decline

    Increased cardiac risk

    #riskAssessment #healthFailure #burnout

    ---

    Conclusion

    This is not a local issue (eyes/stress). It’s a systemic decompensation driven by chronic sleep deprivation.
    Symptoms are no longer early-stage; they are borderline.

    #conclusion #sleepCrisis #systemBreakdown

  4. How do #circadian clocks regulate glucose processing? By integrating human metabolite profiling with isotope-tracing in #Drosophila, this study defines daily rhythms in #glucose utilization that are influenced by circadian timing @PLOSBiology plos.io/3Olm1M1

  5. Parents’ intake of sugar substitutes may influence offspring gut biology, study finds

    A new mouse study suggests that sweeteners consumed by parents may reshape gut bacteria, microbial metabolites, and metabolic…
    #NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #Bacteria #CardiovascularDisease #Children #diabetes #euthanasia #Fasting #Gene #GeneExpression #Genetic #Glucose #Glycemia #Hyperinsulinemia #Metabolites #Nutrition #protein #RibonucleicAcid
    newsbeep.com/au/605203/

  6. Want to be in the interactive driver's seat of this simulation, add food, pick an organism's response/metabolic health?

    These curves need some tuning, but can already provide insight.

    Looking for someone to check for realism or to find some more or less obvious issues with them.

    DM or reply for access (it's a *noncommercial* side project)

    #nutrition #glucose #food #keto #ketosis #diabetes #metabolism #metabolismresearch

  7. Looking for Nutrition Nerds who would be willing to look at a metabolic simulation of blood sugar/insulin and give feedback (personal side project, noncommercial) .

    Right now it's an educated guess, but I'd like to put it into contact with reality.

    Could be a #dietician or similar, owner of #ContinuousGlucoseMonitor, #biohacker or nerd for related topics. T1D included but not yet in focus.

    Beta Link via reply.

    #fedihelp #nutrition #food #diabetes #glucose #keto

  8. #Trndi is a #glucose monitoring application written in #Object_Pascal. It fetches interstitial sugar readings from continuous glucose monitors (CGM) via different APIs and shows them on the desktop. It also presents a trend over time, colouring, and JavaScript extensions.

    trndi.app

  9. is a monitoring application written in . It fetches interstitial sugar readings from continuous glucose monitors (CGM) via different APIs and shows them on the desktop. It also presents a trend over time, colouring, and JavaScript extensions.

    trndi.app

  10. #Trndi is a #glucose monitoring application written in #Object_Pascal. It fetches interstitial sugar readings from continuous glucose monitors (CGM) via different APIs and shows them on the desktop. It also presents a trend over time, colouring, and JavaScript extensions.

    trndi.app

  11. #Trndi is a #glucose monitoring application written in #Object_Pascal. It fetches interstitial sugar readings from continuous glucose monitors (CGM) via different APIs and shows them on the desktop. It also presents a trend over time, colouring, and JavaScript extensions.

    trndi.app

  12. 🚨 We have a new preprint out!

    In this paper we look at GLUT4 trafficking. This is a short explainer thread, but please read the paper!

    biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2

    #CellBiology #Microscopy #Diabetes #Glucose #Insulin

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