Does a 10-hour eating window reduce weight?
Study participants could eat whatever they wanted, so long as it was in a certain time frame
A simple change of restricting eating to a 10-hour window has produced a range of benefits for people with metabolic syndrome, including a reduction in abdominal fat, a pilot study shows.
Consuming food only during a limited time promoted weight loss, lowered blood pressure, and improved blood lipid results, the researchers report.
In addition, many of the participants reported more satisfaction with sleep, and the measure reduced their need for medication such as statins or antihypertensives.
In the study, 19 patients were told they could eat whatever they wanted, but only in a time-restricted eating manner, consuming all food in a 10-hour period of their choosing for 12 weeks.
