Researchers have found that late night snacking can be bad for your waistline, even contributing to type 2 diabetes. However, the latest research is finding that your late night bowl of ice cream or potato chips can negatively affect your brain as well. A study from UCLA found that learning and memory are both decreased when […]
Gut Microbes, Obesity and the Circadian Rhythm
How much does the amount of sleep you get affect your overall energy and mood? Most people would agree that getting enough sleep on a regular basis is very important for a person’s well-being and performance in life’s tasks. Not only is the amount of sleep important, but also our sleep cycles are critical, like […]
Survival of the Fittest: Mexican Tetra Fish Loses Circadian Rhythm to Adapt
Internal Clocks for Humans and Fish The lives of humans are regulated by their circadian rhythms, or 24-hour cycles. This rhythm affects all life forms, but have you stopped to consider a life without this clock? Recently, researchers in the Department of Biology at Lund University in Sweden have studied one species that has eliminated […]
Time-Restricted Diets Could Help Fight Obesity: A Chronobiological Study
Losing weight may just be a matter of time—literally! Chronobiology, a growing field of biological sciences, studies the difference between the internal processes that take place in the bodies of living organisms and compares how these processes react during the daylight and during nighttime. Recent research by renowned chronobiologist Dr. Satchidananda Panda, an associate professor at the […]
Chronobiology and Diet: How When and What We Eat Matters
Chronobiology is the branch of biology dedicated to understanding how our internal clock interacts with external cues in the environment. The alternation between light and darkness is the most prominent external cue. When the cues are weak, the body’s key functions can fall out of sync. When dietary problems are factored in, one can experience […]
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