The human body is a hugely complex “machine”. Every organ, hormone and gland works together to ensure that everything works right. Unfortunately, their relationships with polyphasic sleeping have only been studied short-term.Â
Regardless, with all the available information, we hope to somewhat elucidate on certain cautions of polyphasic sleeping on the endocrine system. Taxing adaptations may pose questions of whether this nap-based lifestyle is truly healthy.Â
If you have heard of how natural sleep is best for humans, you know that no alarm clocks are probably the best bet. Thus, we provide some insights on how cortisol plays a role in that.Â