Chronoprakriti is your body constitution. Our lifestyle choices may not be suitable to our body. If we know our chronoprakriti and modify the lifestyle accordingly, we will age gracefully without any drug dependeancy.

You are born with certain chronoprakriti which you inherit from your parents. That will not change. But there are certain changes in clock mechanism as you age and also predominance of certain dosha (vikriti) specific to lifestyle choices and seasonal variations.

Ayurved has elaborate treaties on daily and seasonal regimen which we called Dinacharya and Ritucharya respectively. Chronobiology is working on the similar lines and able to provide experimental evidences for the time tested Ayurvedic principles. Hence the combination in the form of Chronoprakriti is recommended. How to find out whether my clock is healthy or not? We can assess the clock health at behavioural, biochemical, physiological as well as molecular level either by subjective or objective tools.

No, not yet but definitely soon it will be part of routine diagnosis. One reason may be the unavailability of sufficient experimental clinical data and another reason which is more relevant is the absence of validated diagnostic tools for measurement of circadian disfunction.

Mechanization and urbanization is certainly driven us away from circadian lifestyle. To be frank there is no way out. Even though we may not change our profession suddenly, we can start with small steps in improving our lifestyle choices such as consistent dinner time or bed time. As employers will be aware about employee performance optimization by following circadian lifestyle in near future, that will support your efforts in leading healthy lifestyle.

Even though rhythmicity is inherent in all biological systems it was never given due importance in the academic curriculum hence the same pattern is reflected in all professions as well. Secondly, we are a western world driven society. Unless something originates from west, our society never accepts it wholeheartedly. We are mere knowledge user and hardly knowledge creator in any field.

As per the latest classification of sleep disorders each of seven types has specific diagnostic parameters and tools for the assessment. Circadian rhythm sleep disorder does not have any validated diagnostic tool hence always overlooked and could not be treated appropriately.

Circadian fitness theory of health is in accordance with latest WHO definition of health which Ayurved is advocating since ages. Health is not mere absence of disease but it is a physical, mental and social wellbeing of an individual which is possible only when we are tune with the circadian day/night rhythm.

Germ theory of diseases explained causal association of pathogenic infections and we overcome them by vaccination, sanitation and antibiotics to certain extent. Similarly circadian disfunction theory of diseases would be in position to explain causal association of various lifestyle disorders and clock disfunction. We could manage various unrelated diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, acid reflux, biopolar disorder or anxiety by tuning of biological clock.