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What if your organs have their own clocks?
There's a clock in your brain that tracks light and dark. But here's the part most people miss: nearly every organ in your body has its own clock too. Your liver, your gut, your heart. They all keep time independently.
Every cell in our body has a clock. When these clocks are out of sync, that's when disease happens.— Satchin Panda
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The thinker
Circadian Rhythm Researcher
Satchin Panda is a professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, studying how circadian clocks influence health, metabolism, and disease.
Based on Satchin Panda — Time-Restricted Eating and Its Effects on Obesity and Disease, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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