from journal Cell Metabolism
Here is another reminder that it’s not just
what we eat but when we eat that matters to
our health. Tests by researchers at the Salk
Institute using laboratory animals cautions
against an extended period of snacking. The
study, reported in the journal Cell Metabolism,
found confining food consumption to eight to
twelve hours resulted in healthier and slimmer
animals than those given access to the same
food and same calories for the whole day.
Researchers say the benefits of time
restriction is surprisingly more significant than
initially thought and can even reverse obesity
and diabetes in laboratory animals. The study
demonstrates that time restriction better
synchronizes the function of hundreds of
genes in our body with the predictable time of
eating. The intervention has not yet been
tested in humans, but it is gaining visibility as a
potential weight loss method.