Girish C. Melkani, MS, PhD, on How Time-Restricted Eating Affects Circadian Rhythm and Cardiometabolic Function
09/16/2019
Girish Melkani, MS, PhD, talks about how time-restricted eating affects circadian rhythm and metabolic function. He says when you eat is just as important as what you eat.
Girish C. Melkani, MS, PhD, is an associate research professor in the Biology, Molecular Biology, and Heart Institutes at San Diego State University in San Diego, California. You can contact Dr Melkani at gmelkani@sdsu.edu.
Additional Reading:
- Gill S, Le HD, Melkani GC, Panda S. Time-restricted feeding attenuates age-related cardiac decline in drosophila. Science. 2015;347(6227):1265-1269. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1256682.
- Melkani G. Circadian rhythms, time-restricted feeding and metabolic function. Paper presented at: SLEEP 2019; June 8-12, 2019; San Antonio, TX. https://sleepmeeting.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SLEEP2019_FinalProgram.pdf.
- Melkani G, Panda S. Time‐restricted feeding for prevention and treatment of cardiometabolic disorders. J Physiol. 2017;595(12):3691-3700. https://doi.org/10.1113/JP273094.
- Villanueva JE, Livelo C, Trujillo AS, et al. Time-restricted feeding restores muscle function in Drosophila models of obesity and circadian-rhythm disruption. Nat Commun. 2019;10(1):2700. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10563-9.