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Time-restricted eating as an adjunctive intervention for bipolar disorder

Prof Sheri Johnson, Prof Lance Kriegsfeld, Dr Liam Mason, Dr Kenneth Allen, Prof Michael Berk, Dr Keanan Joyner, Prof Greg Murray, Prof Satchidananda Panda,  Dr Emily Manoogian, Prof Erin Michalak

Extensive research indicates that sleep and biological rhythms are often disrupted among those with bipolar disorder (BD) and among their relatives, and that these biological rhythms are tied to severity of illness, to cognitive dysfunction, and to metabolic syndromes.

 

Meal Timing Regulates the Human Circadian System

Sophie M.T. Wehrens, 1 Skevoulla Christou, 1 Cheryl Isherwood, 1 Benita Middleton, 1 Michelle A. Gibbs, 1 Simon N. Archer, 1
Debra J. Skene,1 and Jonathan D. Johnston

Wehrens et al. measure the effect of a 5-hr meal delay on the human circadian system. Late meals delay rhythms of plasma glucose and adipose PER2 clock gene expression. Meal timing may help to reset the circadian system in cases of shift work, jet lag, and circadian rhythm disorder