internal clock

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However, it adds to growing evidence around chrononutrition, a field that looks at how the body's internal clock influences how food is processed.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

My internal clock wherever I am just knows it’s 4 p.m. and I get a little sad.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025

Additionally, disruptions to the body's internal clock can affect astronaut's sleeping and eating cycles.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2025

Prof Luscher said that - like the researchers suggest - it is "possible" that coffee drinking later in the day could disrupt out bodies internal clock at a time we should be resting.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

Either by his internal clock or Chubs’s excited squeaks, Liam woke first.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken