Daytime Eating May Cut Diabetes Risk in Night-Shift Workers
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By only eating during the daytime, night-shift workers might avoid having a misaligned internal circadian clock and impaired glucose tolerance — which are typical in night-shift workers — a small clinical trial suggests. Among 19 healthy young adults who spent 2 weeks in a controlled laboratory setting that included a simulated night shift, the nine individuals who ate their three meals and a snack during the day (7 AM to 7 PM) did not have a misaligned circadian rhythm or glucose intolerance, unlike the 10 individuals who ate the same food during the day and night.
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@aroon The findings suggest that nighttime eating caused a misalignment between the body's central circadian "clock" (located in the hypothalamus) and sleep/wake, light/dark, and fasting/eating cycles that can influence peripheral "clocks" throughout the body.