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General Discussion & Feedback => Radio Show & Podcast Feedback => Topic started by: thedoc on 29/04/2012 11:25:02
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Bonnie Dixon asked the Naked Scientists:
Nice video, but it didn't mention the fastest way to reset the circadian rhythm, by fasting for 16 hours and then eating breakfast:
This works because the circadian rhythm is only set by light in well fed animals. In a hungry animal, the timing of food availability is a more important zeitgeber (time cue). And the food-entrainable clock in our brains can be reset a lot faster than the light-entrainable clock.
What do you think?