Internal clock dictates when you eat, sleep and more
Circadian rhythms are also essential to health and well-being. They govern your body's physical, mental and behavioral changes over each 24-hour cycle in response to environmental cues like light and food.
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Anyone who has suffered from jet lag or struggled after turning the clock forward or back an hour for daylight saving time knows all about what researchers call your biological clock, or circadian rhythm – the "master pacemaker" that synchronizes how your body responds to the passing of one day to the next...
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