date:Nov 12, 2018
three weeks.
Because they were doing the equivalent of circling the globe every week, their body's internal clock could not keep up, and so it oscillated at its own pace, explained Duffy. This allowed us to measure metabolic rate at all different biological times of day.
The study found that people's body temperatures were at their lowest when their body clock was set to late night, and at their highest about 12 hours later, in the late afternoon.
The findings may help explain why people who