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Published online 6 November 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/450141b
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Excessive fat intake can throw out the body clock
Dietary factors shown to influence sleep pattern.
The body's circadian rhythm — the internal 'clock' that regulates physiological processes — can be shifted by eating more fat, say researchers1. This surprising finding suggests that a more complex interplay exists between the body clock and metabolism, with implications for disorders such as diabetes and obesity.
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The data mentioned in the article above are not very convincing. I don't see much difference between 23.6 and 23.8 hours daily cycles. What is the standard deviation sigma for the daily cycle time of these mice.