How to Sync Your Central Circadian Clock to Your Peripheral Clocks
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2020-02-10

Bright light exposure synchronizes the central circadian clock in our brains, whereas proper meal timing helps sync the timing of the clock genes throughout the rest of our body.

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If light exposure and meal timing helps keeps everything synced, what happens when our circumstances prevent us from sticking to a normal daytime cycle? We’ll find out next week in The Metabolic Harms of Night Shifts and Irregular Meals (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-metabolic-harms-of-night-shifts-and-irregular-meals). 

If you’re just coming into the series, be sure to catch up with: 
• Is Breakfast the Most Important Meal for Weight Loss? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-breakfast-the-most-important-meal-for-weight-loss)
• Is Skipping Breakfast Better for Weight Loss? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-skipping-breakfast-better-for-weight-loss)
• Chronobiology - How Circadian Rhythms Can Control Your Health and Weight (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/chronobiology-how-circadian-rhythms-can-control-your-health-and-weight)
• Eat More Calories in the Morning to Lose Weight (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/eat-more-calories-in-the-morning-to-lose-weight)
• Breakfast Like a King, Lunch Like a Prince, Dinner Like a Pauper (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/breakfast-like-a-king-lunch-like-a-prince-dinner-like-a-pauper)
• Eat More Calories in the Morning Than the Evening (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/eat-more-calories-in-the-morning-than-the-evening)
• How Circadian Rhythms Affect Blood Sugar Levels (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-circadian-rhythms-affect-blood-sugar-levels)

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