de Castro J M, Pearcey S M
Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta 30303-3083, USA.
Physiol Behav. 1995 Mar;57(3):439-44. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(94)00232-t.
Lunar variations in the nutrient intakes and the meal patterns of humans were investigated by reanalyzing the data previously collected by paying 694 adult humans to maintain a 7-day diary of everything they ate, when they ate it, and their subjective state of hunger. A small but significant lunar rhythm of nutrient intake was observed with an 8% increase in meal size and a 26% decrease in alcohol intake at the time of the full moon relative to the new moon. This effect was present for meals ingested either during the daytime or the evening, indicating that nocturnal illumination level was not the critical variable. The results suggest that there is a true internal lunar rhythm which influences nutrient intakes of normal humans free-living in their natural environments.
通过重新分析之前收集的数据来研究人类营养摄入和饮食模式的月变化。此前，研究人员付钱给694名成年人，让他们记录7天内所吃的所有食物、进食时间以及主观饥饿状态。结果观察到了一个虽小但显著的营养摄入月节律：相对于新月，满月时每餐食量增加8%，酒精摄入量减少26%。白天或晚上摄入的食物都出现了这种效应，这表明夜间光照水平不是关键变量。研究结果表明，存在一种真正的内在月节律，它会影响在自然环境中自由生活的正常人的营养摄入。
