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Original study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2114833 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2114833 139 patients over 12 months. “These r

Original study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2114833 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2114833 139 patients over 12 months. “These results indicate that caloric intake restriction explained most of the beneficial effects seen with the time-restricted eating regimen,” Dr. Weiss and his colleagues concluded. I personally do time restricted feeding and notice health benefits so I'm a bit skeptical of this study as there are a ton of variables to consider. I think original studies done in mice that showed metabolic improvement were based on a time window that if translated to human time would be closer to 4-5 day fasts. There can be other benefits to time restricted feeding as well for long term health and I use it to help set my circadian rhythm. Anyway I have a lot of random thoughts on this issue but wouldn't take this study to mean time restricted feeding "does nothing". Curious about other people's experiences / thoughts.

Bostonian 4y ago
If time-restricted eating only works because it limits how much you eat, it still works.
- lazyier 4y ago
  That's really it. The point is that people 'graze' to maintain blood sucrose levels and avoid the problems associated with high carb diets. Were your energy levels 'dive' between meals. Because of this Americans tend to have 8-10 "meals" (ie: including snacks) a day. If this is normal for you: A hour or two after lunch you get distracted and tired at work so you go up to the vending machine or office kitchen and get a snack. Grab a soda, get some chips, etc to keep yourself awake and focused. Then that is the problem here we are trying to solve. So by having time-constrained eating habits this eliminates this for most of the day except for the time period we have designated for eating. Which means that time controlled eating is a behavior/metabolic "hack" to reduce overall calorie consumption. This way you get conditioned to only wanting to 'graze' during a specific time period. If you force the study participants to control for calorie input then you are accomplishing the same thing we attempt to do with time constrained eating, just in a different way.
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dominotw 4y ago
> I personally do time restricted feeding and notice health benefits but the study is only for weight loss not general 'health benefits' yea?
- rubyskills 4y ago
  Yes, not only that, but the patients were obese. I think 16:8 schedules can work well to help maintain a healthy metabolism, but if they're obese already, they'd need to completely reset their baseline (ie longer duration fasts) to achieve the results.

Bostonian 4y ago

If time-restricted eating only works because it limits how much you eat, it still works.

lazyier 4y ago
That's really it. The point is that people 'graze' to maintain blood sucrose levels and avoid the problems associated with high carb diets. Were your energy levels 'dive' between meals. Because of this Americans tend to have 8-10 "meals" (ie: including snacks) a day. If this is normal for you: A hour or two after lunch you get distracted and tired at work so you go up to the vending machine or office kitchen and get a snack. Grab a soda, get some chips, etc to keep yourself awake and focused. Then that is the problem here we are trying to solve. So by having time-constrained eating habits this eliminates this for most of the day except for the time period we have designated for eating. Which means that time controlled eating is a behavior/metabolic "hack" to reduce overall calorie consumption. This way you get conditioned to only wanting to 'graze' during a specific time period. If you force the study participants to control for calorie input then you are accomplishing the same thing we attempt to do with time constrained eating, just in a different way.
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dominotw 4y ago

> I personally do time restricted feeding and notice health benefits but the study is only for weight loss not general 'health benefits' yea?

rubyskills 4y ago
Yes, not only that, but the patients were obese. I think 16:8 schedules can work well to help maintain a healthy metabolism, but if they're obese already, they'd need to completely reset their baseline (ie longer duration fasts) to achieve the results.