Studies have shown that the "gastric clock" limits the amount of time food is ingested

The researchers say they are the first to show that stomach nerves follow circadian rhythms, limiting how long people eat food each day. This is based on an article published
in the journal Neuroscience

Neuroscience.researchers from
the University of Adelaide

in Australia say their findings may shed new life into how the stomach communicates to the brain whether we are hungry or full.to reach their conclusion, the researchers analyzed eight-week-old mice to determine how stomach nerves respond toexternal stimulation
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after eating every three hours of the day.
Nerve-Gut Research Laboratory

Stephen Kentish
, of the University of Adelaide, says these nerves are responsible for letting the brain know how much food we've eaten and when we should stop eating.stomach nerves coordinate food intake as


"they found that when the body is awake, it is the most insensitive period of gastrointestinal nerves."
means that when the body needs more energy when the amount of activity is high, people eat too much food before they feel full
Kentish
explains.as the circadian cycle shifts to sleep mode, stomach nerves become more sensitive to external stimuli and signal satiety to the brain more quickly, limiting food intake. This change is repeated every
24
hours, alternating day and night, in which the stomach nerves act as clocks to coordinate food intake according to energy needs.
”Although the study was conducted in mice, investigators believe the same rules apply to humans.the
theory is that there is the same pattern in the stomach nerves, which are less sensitive to satiety during the day and more sensitive at night.
," Dr. kentish
said.further study of how circadian rhythms affect eating habitsthe researchers say their findings could lead us to find out how to influence people's eating habits by changing the biological clock.
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, an assistant professor at the University of Adelaide and the study's leader, cites the example of shift workers who are most likely to experience sleep disruption and irregular eating.previous studies have shown that nurses who work long shifts, work overtime or shifts may be more likely to lead to obesity.investigators say they are conducting further research to find out how changes in the biological clock affect dietary behavior and how stomach nerves respond to these changes.