CBC.ca | Jetlag from Work - in the Same Time Zone dailyRx Your circadian rhythm, or clock, determines when you naturally feel you need to sleep and when you would naturally wake up and stay awake. "Social jetlag" is the "discrepancy between circadian and social clocks, which results in chronic sleep loss," ... 10 Things You Didn't Know About You 'Social jet lag' causing sleep loss tied to obesity |
Barley takes a leaf out of reindeer's book in the land of the midnight sun Phys.Org Researchers have found a genetic mutation in some Scandinavian barley varieties that disrupts the circadian clock that barley from southern regions use to time their growing season. Just as reindeer have dropped the clock in adapting to extremely long ... |
Discover Magazine (blog) | As oxygen filled the world, life's universal clock began to tick Discover Magazine (blog) These 'circadian rhythms' are the reason we feel sleepy at night, and why our hormones, temperature and hunger levels rise and fall with a 24-hour cycle. They're molecular metronomes that keep the events inside our bodies ticking in time with the world ... |
Crew Schedules, Sleep Deprivation, and Aviation Performance Science Daily (press release) ScienceDaily (Apr. 24, 2012) — Night-time departures, early morning arrivals, and adjusting to several time zones in a matter of days can rattle circadian rhythms, compromise attention and challenge vigilance. And yet, these are the very conditions ... |
Discover Magazine (blog) | No More Midnight Snacks? Mice That Eat at Odd Hours Get Fat Discover Magazine (blog) The high-fat, time-restricted diets did not have those problems. This might make sense in light of our circadian rhythms, which are the approximately 24-hour cycles that govern sleep as well as metabolic functions such when the liver secretes bile and ... Nighttime fasting may foster weight loss Nighttime Eating May Lead to Obesity |
LifeGoesStrong | Your Best Workout: Timing Is Everything LifeGoesStrong The best workout time is in the afternoon, not the morning. It's all about circadian rhythms, which govern much more than our sleep and wake cycles. Throughout the 24-hour circadian cycle, there are changes in hormones, blood pressure, body temperature ... |
Lack of sleep related to obesity, study says Oregon Daily Emerald A person's internal clock — called the circadian clock — is set by day and night time. Our bodies want to be awake when it's sunny and be asleep when it's dark. This provides people with the optimal time for getting an adequate amount of sleep. |
Differential roles of breakfast only (one meal per day) and a bigger breakfast ... 7thSpace Interactive (press release) Recent studies on humans and rodents have suggested that the timing of food intake plays an important role in circadian regulation and metabolic health. Consumption of high-fat foods during the inactive period or at the end of the awake period results ... |
The Virtual Medical Centre | Body clock contributes to obesity, diabetes The Virtual Medical Centre The circadian clock is an internal daily body clock that controls alertness, appetite, sleep timing and hormone secretions. Their findings are published in Nature. "Previously we have known that there are body 'clocks' not only in the brain but in most ... |
Zee News | Core component of body's internal clock 'identified' Business Standard The circadian clock is an internal daily body clock that controls alertness, appetite, sleep timing and hormone secretions. People with circadian disturbances tend to have a higher incidence of health concerns such as obesity, diabetes. Liver`s role vital in regulating body clock |