1.0Glossaryhttps://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossaryGlossaryhttps://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossary/author/adminglossary/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ViljfPazDo"><a href="https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossary/cycles-theories/">Cycles theories</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossary/cycles-theories/embed/#?secret=ViljfPazDo" width="600" height="338" title="“Cycles theories” — Glossary" data-secret="ViljfPazDo" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossary/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Cycles theories have emerged in a number of scientific disciplines. In biology, Wilhelm fliess theorized that two cycles governed living cells. In men the male cycle of 23 days was dominant; in women the dominant female cycle was 28 days. These cycles affected every¬ thing from birth to death, physical and mental health, career prospects, sex, life, and so on. In his major work The Rhythm of Fife: Foundations of an Exact Biology (1923), Fliess advances a formula to explain how these two cycles combine to impose various compound cycles: (23x + 28y), in which x and y can be positive or negative integers. So the familiar 28-day menstrual cycle has x = 0 and y = 1. If x is 4 and y is 11 the sum is 365 days, another familiar cycle. What had escaped his attention is that x and y can be selected to give every number from 1 to as high as you have the patience to calculate. A theory which contains everything explains nothing.In the late 20th century, Biorhythms were held to influence or control human lives. A third cycle was added to the original pair: the intellectual cycle of 33 days. The male cycle governs physical strength and endurance and what are held to be masculine attitudes; the female cycle governs the feminine virtues of nurturing, sensitivity, and mental alertness; and the intellectual cycle governs mental capabilities. People are advised to adjust their actions to these cycles.