'Wrong'-time eating reduces fertility in fruit flies: Study points to fertility-metabolism connection
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 18:30
in Biology & Nature
Researchers manipulated circadian rhythms in fruit flies and measured the affect on egg-laying capacity. But they stress what's true in flies grown in a lab does not necessarily hold for humans, and any potential link between diet and reproduction would have to be independently tested. "I would say that eating at the wrong time of the day has deleterious consequences for physiology," says lead author Amita Sehgal.