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How meal timing programs the liver's daily rhythms

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How meal timing programs the liver's daily rhythms
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Deep inside the brain, a master clock synchronizes thousands of molecular clocks scattered throughout the body, and together, they anticipate signals such as the rising sun, the coming night and the daily rhythms of life. But Texas A&M University researchers have discovered that the liver is also listening for another signal, one tuned to something much closer to home: the dinner bell.

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