What and how much we eat might change our internal clocks and hormone responses

(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) For the first time, a study led by researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) shows how glucocorticoid hormones, such as cortisol, control sugar and fat levels differently during day and night, feeding and fasting, rest and activity, over the course of 24 hours.