#469: Chrononutrition – New Findings & Updated Views
Sigma Nutrition Radio
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Chrono Nutrition
Chrono Nutrition is an umbrella term and then it's important that within that we're granular with defining what exactly the exposure is that we're talking about. Circadian rhythms are defined as being rhythms that have a period length of a little over for the most part 24 hours in humans. So because they're slightly longer than the 24 hour period of the Earth's rotation we need environmental time cues to synchronize those rhythms to the exact 24 hour day. The most important time cue in humans and most diurnal mammals is bright light that we have during the daytime. There may be an interrelationship between some of these factors which can potentially influence metabolic health and disease risk.
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