People often confuse the mechanism (calorie deficit) with the behavioral adaptation causing the mechanism. This leads to great confusion among those not educat

People often confuse the mechanism (calorie deficit) with the behavioral adaptation causing the mechanism. This leads to great confusion among those not educated in nutrition. Time restricted eating as you say, is not effective if you equate calories to non time restricted eating, however it causes many to eat less over time - assuming they adhere to it and arent prone to binging. Its pretty simple to explain, if you can limp through your day without food, you arent likely to crush down more than say 2500 calories of food in a small evening window as your stomach is full. But yes it doesnt change thermodynamics and isnt the magic that bloggers/youtubers and shills espouse, rather it is a tool (among many) available for people to reduce caloric intake.